Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions (Cracking the Interview & Career)

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The application process is generally simple. Fill out your details and attach your resume and boom. Here we’ll look at what you should know before the day, any additional prep to help you stand out, what you should do during the interview, and what you should do after the interview is finished. They are more likely to ask you to explain specific decisions you made in your project or ask you what the impact would be if you made certain changes. This will give the interviewer a much better assessment of your level of understanding vs. your ability to just memorize facts / info about a language or tool.

Fork the appropriate repo for your language to your GitHub user. (see Where to submit pull requests) If you really want to stand out, it’s great to have completed guided projects from courses or blog posts, but you should also look at making your own projects or versions of these. Finally, they should have sent you a Zoom or Skype link for the call if you’re doing this online. If not, reach out now in advance and ask them about it. It seems redundant as you’ve already learned how to code, but as a coder, you’re going to be constantly learning new skills as languages and technology evolve. The questions in the book have been carefully selected so that they represent the most frequently asked questions in Python coding interviews. Solutions are clearly explained with plenty of diagrams and comments in the code so that you can easily understand.This, like Educative.io, is meant to be a “one-stop shop.” That Arslan Ahmad is the founder of Design Gurus increased my respect for him exponentially, since this means he is attempting to build a free version of an Educative course that makes him money. Again, you want to show that you can critically assess problems. It may work at X point then fail when scaled up. Talk through this so you can show you’re thinking this through. Walk through your actual solution Can you do it faster? Now that you’re solving these type of questions within the time limit and understand the concepts of how you’re solving it, can you do it faster?

So you should be prepared to answer their questions. And be ready to solve their coding problems in real time. You don’t need to implement some massive workout plan or overhaul your diet. Just something once a day to get your heart rate up and give your brain a break. Start small and build up. Make sure your internet connection is solid and nothing needs updating. You’ll be amazed how often Skype or Zoom loves to do daily updates right when you’re about to take a call However, there are some more creative things you can do that we recommend vs. cover letters. Andrei covers some alternatives here.It’s a super simple method, but if you use this approach while learning the technical questions later, you’ll find the questions much easier to comprehend and you'll also be able to explain your problem solving process better, during your interview. Start exercising consistently

Medium provides an interesting case: Some of the best writers can be found here, but they are incentivized to put things behind a paywall. Anyone, in theory, can put up articles without a paywall on Medium the way BaseCS has. But few Medium writers seem to do this anymore. Pull requests pertaining to Java solutions should be submitted to the main CtCI-6th-Edition repo. Please submit pull requests for all other languages to the appropriate language-specific repo. The good news is that it’s not used that often, and it’s also not that difficult to pass, as long as you know the concepts covered in the technical interview, which we’ll cover later. Stage 2: The coding assessment Sidenote: We recently ran a survey of over 3,000 programmers and their experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT. Confessions from a Big Tech Hiring Manager" is my single favorite video. It's by "Pragmatic Engineer," and is all about the interview process.Once you’re comfortable solving questions within the time limit and understanding the underlying concepts, aim to do it faster. You can do well at your code interview but still not get the job for one simple reason: the interviewers simply got along with someone better. Soft skills matter! This book goes over how to showcase positive elements of your personality like work ethic, positive attitude, and willingness to learn.