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Do a lot of practice problems. There are plenty in the book "Cracking the Coding Interview" Use the tools you'll be expected to use for an interview with one of
by stuffaandthings 9y ago
Do a lot of practice problems. There are plenty in the book "Cracking the Coding Interview"
Use the tools you'll be expected to use for an interview with one of the top 4 companies (i.e. internet text pad, pen and paper, whiteboard)
Do several problems every day and you'll be ready in a few months. Make it your 9-5 and you can be ready in a few weeks.
It's all about practice! Good luck!
Also, if you can get in touch with a recruiter at those companies, they'll give you tons of helpful tips (mostly just how to practice and what to practice)
- creek567 9y agoThanks! I was contacted by a recruiter couple years ago and they sent me the practice list, but it seemed super generic and intimidating so I never replied back. I've heard really good things about CTCI so I'll pick that up. Having a Github checklist and a study plan would be super useful (I'm sure there's other people asking this question). I wonder if something like this exists already?
- B4TMAN 9y agoI would love to see the practice list.
- khalilch2 9y agohttps://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university is what you're looking for
- creek567 9y agoYES!
- ultrasounder 9y agoAnd the Parent ended up getting a job at Amazon which was a nice ending
- gfosco 9y agoDon't neglect the non-coding parts of the interview, as well. Be pleasant and friendly, be engaging, smile and laugh, tell stories of past projects, show real interest in the work.