Poker Card Runs and Sets Enumeration

CodingZipLast reported April 2026Medium Frequency

Reported: 5× across candidate reports
First seen: September 2025
Last reported: April 2026
Also asked in: Phone Screen
Reported outcome: mixed

Problem Overview

Two separately reported prompts share the "poker" name, so this page has two tabs, and Part 2 is not a follow-up to Part 1. Five reports. Three describe the rummy prompt in Part 1 (two technical screens and the "leetcode style" onsite round of one loop). One says the poker…

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