Software Engineer signal: grid DP + path optimization in a product search context. This is a ProdMatch-owned software engineer drill, framed as a March 2026 Postman Search Quality simulation, not a copied platform question.
Company context
Postman · Search Quality
Freshness
March 2026
Product surface
product search
ProdMatch interview simulation based on product-team patterns; not a claim of a real company question.
Model product search as a grid of processing zones. Move only right or down. Return the maximum reliability path score while avoiding blocked cells.
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Concepts
[[5,1],[2,4]] -> 11
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