Software Engineer signal: binary search on answer + monotonic predicate in a product search context. This is a ProdMatch-owned software engineer drill, framed as a April 2026 PolicyBazaar Search Quality simulation, not a copied platform question.
Company context
PolicyBazaar · Search Quality
Freshness
April 2026
Product surface
product search
ProdMatch interview simulation based on product-team patterns; not a claim of a real company question.
For product search, choose the minimum processing rate so all documents finish before deadline. Each worker can process rate units per minute, rounded up per item.
Input
Output
Constraints
Concepts
sizes [3,6,7,11], deadline=8 -> 4
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