ByteDance Software Engineer interview experience

I was asked whether it was possible to measure a specific size using two cups of different sizes, with unlimited water, and only three operations: filling a cup, emptying a cup, and pouring from one cup to the other. Before I started, I needed to confirm whether the task was strictly true/false or whether I had to find the minimum path length.

I struggled with the problem as we went. My hesitation showed up in how I checked conditions, and I felt like I wasn’t moving cleanly through the state transitions. The interviewer kept reminding me about how to think about the steps, and eventually