Nutanix Software Engineer interview experience

I was given two arrays: one of length n and another of length n + 1, and my task was to transform the first into the second using the minimum number of operations. The allowed operations were incrementing or decrementing elements from the first array.

The way it felt was very “think carefully about the relationship between the arrays.” Once the goal was clear—minimize operations while matching the larger target array—I spent time reasoning about what changes were actually necessary and how to avoid unnecessary adjustments.

This round was purely about the problem-solving mechanics, and even