Verizon OA 2024 | Path With Minimum Effort (Dijkstra's Algorithm) | Java Solution

Question · Posted Jun 2026

Problem Statement You are given an m x n grid called heights, where heights[row][col] represents the height of a cell. You need to find a path from the top-left cell (0,0) to the bottom-right cell (m-1,n-1). The effort of a path is defined as the maximum absolute difference in heights between two consecutive cells along the path. Return the minimum effort required to travel from the top-left cell to the bottom-right cell. Example 1 Input heights = [  [1,2,2],  [3,8,2], ...

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