Zopper interview programming question on HackerEarth. Question 1 Description available at: http://censore.blogspot.in/2015/02/zappos-online-assesment-question-on.html while Question 2 description is available at http://censore.blogspot.in/2015/02/zopper-programming-assessment-problem-2.html

max_section.py

MAX_ROW=500
MAX_COL=500


def assign_walls(row,col):
        w = raw_input()
        inp = w.split(" ")
        if inp[0] is 'C':
                col.append(int(inp[1]))
        else:
                row.append(int(inp[1]))

def main():
        sections = []
        row = []
        col = []
        section_areas=[]
        row_counter = 0
        col_counter = 0
        row_section = [(0,MAX_ROW)]
        col_section = [(0,MAX_COL)]
        no_of_walls = raw_input()
        for i in range(int(no_of_walls)):
                assign_walls(row,col)
        row.sort()
        col.sort()
        #print row
        #print col
        for i in row:
                if(i < row_section[row_counter][1]):
                        row_end = row_section[row_counter][1]
                        row_start = row_section[row_counter][0]
                        row_section[row_counter] = (row_start,i)
                        row_section.append((i,row_end))
                        row_counter = row_counter+1
        for i in col:
                if(i < col_section[col_counter][1]):
                        col_end = col_section[col_counter][1]
                        col_start = col_section[col_counter][0]
                        col_section[col_counter] = (col_start,i)
                        col_section.append((i,col_end))
                        col_counter = col_counter+1
        #print row_section
        #print col_section
        for i in row_section:
                row_length = i[1]-i[0]
                #print row_length
                for j in col_section:
                        col_length = j[1]-j[0]
                        #print col_length
                        area = row_length*col_length
                        #print area
                        section_areas.append(area)
        return section_areas[len(section_areas)-1]


if __name__ == "__main__":
        out = []
        t = raw_input()
        for i in range(int(t)):
                out.append(main())
        for x in out:

smartNumber.py

if __name__ == "__main__":
        n = raw_input()
        list1 = raw_input()
        n=raw_input()
        list2 = raw_input()
        n=raw_input()
        list3 = raw_input()
        list1 = [int(n) for n in list1.split(" ")]
        list2 = [int(n) for n in list2.split(" ")]
        list3 = [int(n) for n in list3.split(" ")]
        bigList = []
        for n in list1:
                for m in list2:
                        for o in list3:
                                bigList.append(n+m+o)
        bigList = list(set(bigList))
        #print bigList
        #bigList.sort()
        smart_number = 0
        for n in bigList:
                smart_number = smart_number+1 if (n % 10 == 5 or n % 10 == 8) else smart_number
        print smart_number