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You aren't going to gain the skills gained by a four year education in a week. And if you try it will likely be obvious. Interviewers (at least the good ones)

You aren't going to gain the skills gained by a four year education in a week. And if you try it will likely be obvious. Interviewers (at least the good ones) aren't looking for someone who knows a particular algorithm by memory, they are looking for someone who is familiar with the concepts. And familiarity is easy to distinguish from rote memorization. The good news though is that unless you lied on your resume, they already know that and are still interested in you. So you likely have other characteristics they are interested in. I would concentrate instead on learning about the company you are interested in. That's something you can do in the course of a week.

xenihn 8y ago
>You aren't going to gain the skills gained by a four year education in a week. I know someone who was able to pull it off in 2 weeks, though they were unemployed at the time. They got into Google with 7 years of prior experience at the time. He admits a lot of it was luck. But it's possible.
- nwbrown 8y ago
  I'm guessing it's the 7 years of experience that impressed Google, not the two weeks of cramming.
  - xenihn 8y ago
    Your background only matters for getting the interview. Whether or not you are hired depends on your actual performance during the onsite.
    - nwbrown 8y ago
      Yes, but his performance was more aided by his 7 years of experience than his two weeks of cramming.
closeparen 8y ago
>the skills gained by a four year education Algorithms and data structures are 1-3 classes out of ~45.