Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions [Paperback]
Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions [Paperback]
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Now in the 4th edition, Cracking the Coding Interview gives you the interview preparation you need to get the top software developer jobs. This book provides:
* 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions: From binary trees to binary search, this list of 150 questions includes the most common and most useful questions in data structures, algorithms, and knowledge based questions.
* Ten Mistakes Candidates Make -- And How to Avoid Them: Don't lose your dream job by making these common mistakes. Learn what many candidates do wrong, and how to avoid these issues.
* Steps to Prepare for Behavioral and Technical Questions: Stop meandering through an endless set of questions, while missing some of the most important preparation techniques. Follow these steps to more thoroughly prepare in less time.
* Interview War Stories: A View from the Interviewer's Side: Humorous but instructive stories from our interviewers show you how some candidates really flopped on the most important question - and how you can avoid doing the same.
* 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions: From binary trees to binary search, this list of 150 questions includes the most common and most useful questions in data structures, algorithms, and knowledge based questions.
* Ten Mistakes Candidates Make -- And How to Avoid Them: Don't lose your dream job by making these common mistakes. Learn what many candidates do wrong, and how to avoid these issues.
* Steps to Prepare for Behavioral and Technical Questions: Stop meandering through an endless set of questions, while missing some of the most important preparation techniques. Follow these steps to more thoroughly prepare in less time.
* Interview War Stories: A View from the Interviewer's Side: Humorous but instructive stories from our interviewers show you how some candidates really flopped on the most important question - and how you can avoid doing the same.
About the Author
Gayle Laakmann's interviewing expertise comes from vast experience on both sides of the desk. She has completed Software Engineering interviews with - and received offers from - Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Capital IQ, and a number of other firms.
Of these top companies, she has worked for Microsoft, Apple and Google, where she gained deep insight into each company's hiring practices.
Most recently, Gayle spent three years at Google as a Software Engineer and was one of the company's lead interviewers. She interviewed over 120 candidates in the U.S. and abroad, and led much of the recruiting for her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
Additionally, she served on Google's Hiring Committee, where she reviewed each candidate's feedback and made hire / no-hire decisions.
She assessed over 700 candidates in that role, and evaluated hundreds more resumes.
In 2005, Gayle founded CareerCup.com to bring her wealth of experience to candidates around the world. Launched first as a free forum for interview questions, CareerCup now offers a book, a video and mock interviews.
Gayle holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Of these top companies, she has worked for Microsoft, Apple and Google, where she gained deep insight into each company's hiring practices.
Most recently, Gayle spent three years at Google as a Software Engineer and was one of the company's lead interviewers. She interviewed over 120 candidates in the U.S. and abroad, and led much of the recruiting for her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
Additionally, she served on Google's Hiring Committee, where she reviewed each candidate's feedback and made hire / no-hire decisions.
She assessed over 700 candidates in that role, and evaluated hundreds more resumes.
In 2005, Gayle founded CareerCup.com to bring her wealth of experience to candidates around the world. Launched first as a free forum for interview questions, CareerCup now offers a book, a video and mock interviews.
Gayle holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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| Most Helpful Customer Reviews 40 of 41 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A 'Must-study' before taking a Tech Interview, March 27, 2011 By This review is from: Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions (Paperback) If you are planning to appear for a technical interview at any big software-firm, I highly recommend studying this book. When I started my preparation, the entire process seemed really daunting. There is so much to study, and there is vast amount of study-material available out there. I was really confused on what/how to prepare. A friend of mine suggested me this book and so I read it. To summarize, this book is an awesome compilation of problems, strategies and approaches you must know for doing well in a Tech interview. It starts with chapters focusing on non-coding aspects (company-info, resume, behavioral etc.). I feel that, thoroughly covering just these first 30 pages is suffice for doing well in the 'HR' parts of tech-interviews. After that, it contains 150 questions grouped by categories, covering all the relevant areas. And finally it has useful information, solutions and discussions for all the questions. Qu. "If I memorize solutions for all these questions, Can I crack an Interview?" Ans. No Way! Rather, if you slog through these questions, learning techniques; I am sure you will be able to solve questions on that day. Solving problems through the book, I learnt different [ingenious] approaches. And with practice, I was be able to [/tried to] identify patterns in new questions that I faced. I particularly love 3 chapters- "Recursion", "Moderate Interview Problems", "Hard Interview Problems". Because they contain some really neat algorithms :) Hope this review helps.. And all the best for your interview :) Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Practice makes perfect, May 10, 2010 By This review is from: Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions (Paperback) My background: worked as a software developer for 5 years before changing companies and I needed to freshen up my interview skills. Having conducted dev interviews before, I wanted to be as prepared as possible. I used this book as a practice guide for my interviews with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. Got offered to two of the companies through practicing the questions in this book over and over again. I was only caught off guard by one or two questions during my interviews through at least 15 interview loops. Most of the interview questions at the above companies follow the same two dozen or so coding patterns and the questions in this book thoroughly covers them. Learn the coding patterns from this book and you won't be surprised or nervous during your loops. I tried not to act too surprised when 1/5 of the questions from my interviews were straight from the book. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Cover Theory along with Questions, October 27, 2010 Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions (Paperback) This is a great book regardless you plan to go for an interview or not. Every chapter of the book starts with basic theory which will allow the reader to wake up the brain before going for the questions. Each chapter has great interview questions and answers are very well explained. Not only that some questions are given with two answers where the second answer is optimized version of the code. Also first chapter of this book has very good information about the nature of the big software companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft. I highly recommend this book regardless you prepare for an interview or not. Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review | Most Recent Customer Reviews |
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