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Top Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions at Meta

In this article, we solve and explain four commonly asked technical questions, diving into the concepts and approaches required to excel at such interviews. Each problem is dissected with clear explanations, step-by-step solutions, code implementations, and mathematical reasoning to help you master these essential topics.

Given an infinite chessboard, find the shortest number of moves required for a knight to travel from position A to position B. Both positions are specified as coordinates, for example, A = (x1, y1) and B = (x2, y2).

A knight moves in an "L" shape: two squares in one direction and one square perpendicular to that. The main challenge is to efficiently compute the minimum number of moves (the shortest path) from A to B, even when the board has no boundaries.