1p3a Question · Jan 2026

Shard Rebalancing

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Shard Rebalancing You are implementing a shard management system for a distributed key-value store. Each shard is represented as a string in the format "id:start:end", where the shard covers the i

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This is a reported interview question from a openai interview for a swe role reported in 2025.

It covers the following topics: Arrays, Sorting, Strings, System Design .