Citadel

Interview Question

Quantitative Researcher Interview
Citadel

You have two eggs and a 100-story building. If an egg is dropped from a floor below floor X, it will not break; if dropped from floor X or higher, it will always break. What strategy would you use to determine the exact value of X with the minimum number of drops in the worst-case scenario?

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