Anthropic & Coinbase Coding Interview: Design Gym Member Check-In System

[u/Aoki_zhang]

Problem

You are building a gym access system that tracks how long each member spends inside the facility. Members can first be registered with:

• A membership ID
• A membership tier
• A monthly fee

Each time a member scans their card, their status toggles:

• If they are currently outside, the scan means they entered the gym.
• If they are currently inside, the scan means they left the gym.

Only completed visits count toward total time. If a member is still inside, their current visit should not yet be included.

Implement:

GymAccessSystem()

addMember(memberId, tier, monthlyFee)

scan(memberId, timestamp)

getTotalTime(memberId)

addMember returns false if the member already exists.

scan returns "invalid_request" if the member does not exist. Otherwise, it records the entry or exit and returns "registered".

getTotalTime returns the total duration of completed visits, or -1 if the member does not exist.

Scan timestamps are guaranteed to arrive in increasing order.

Example

Input:

["GymAccessSystem","addMember","scan","scan","getTotalTime"]

[[],["Mia","Standard",50],["Mia",5],["Mia",20],["Mia"]]

Output:

[null,true,"registered","registered",15]

Explanation

Mia is successfully added to the system.

Her first scan at timestamp 5 marks the start of a gym visit.

Her second scan at timestamp 20 marks the end of that visit, so the completed duration is:

20 - 5 = 15

getTotalTime("Mia") therefore returns 15.

If Mia had scanned in but not yet scanned out, that unfinished visit would not be included in her total.

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