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 1 | # Python Interview Questions
 2 | 
 3 | This repository contains a number of Python interview questions that can be 
 4 | used when vetting potential candidates. It is not advised to use every one of 
 5 | these questions for the same candidate.
 6 | 
 7 | ## Descriptive/Vocabulary Questions
 8 | 
 9 | 1. What is Python?
10 | 
11 | 1. Describe some features of Python.
12 | 
13 | 1. How does Python execute code?
14 | 
15 | 1. What are some built-in types in Python?
16 | 
17 | 1. What are bindings, i.e., what does it mean for a value to be bound to a
18 |    variable?
19 | 
20 | ## Usage Questions
21 | 
22 | 1. How do you create a list?
23 | 
24 | 1. How do you create a dictionary?
25 | 
26 | 1. What is a list comprehension? Why would you use one?
27 | 
28 | 1. What is a generator? What can it be used for?
29 | 
30 | 1. What is inheritance? 
31 | 
32 | 1. What happens if you have an error in an __init__ statement? 
33 | 
34 | 1. What happens in python if you try to divide by zero?
35 | 
36 | 1. How can you improve the following code?
37 | 
38 |    ```python
39 |    import string
40 | 
41 |    i = 0
42 |    for letter in string.letters:
43 |        print("The letter at index %i is %s" % (i, letter))
44 |        i = i + 1
45 |    ```
46 | 
47 |    Bonus points for mentioning `enumerate` and use of `str.format`.
48 | 
49 | 1. How can you return multiple values from a function/method?
50 | 
51 | ## Strategic Questions
52 | 
53 | 1. What's the fastest way to swap the values bound to two variables?
54 | 
55 | 1. What is the importance of reference counting?
56 | 
57 | 1. Do functions (or methods) return something even if there isn't a `return`
58 |    statement? If so, what do they return?
59 | 
60 | 1. How do you reverse a list? Can you come up with at least three ways? 
61 | 
62 | 1. How would you merge two sorted lists? They can be any length, or empty. 
63 | 
64 | 1. How would you count the lines in a file? How would you do it if the file was too big to hold in memory?
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