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Interview Preparation

Practice

Interview Topics

  • coding
  • algorithm design and analysis
  • system design
    • once you get past entry level positions and gain some experience you start to face system design interviews
    • books
      • System Design Interview book 1, 2 by Alex Xu
  • open-ended discussion (behavioral)
    • professional background and history
      • projects you've contributed to, the impact they had, the technologies you used/leveraged
      • challenging situations in team settings
    • technical interests and passions
      • technologies you would like to work on/with
      • skills and expertise you are looking to develop
      • preference in backend, front-end, full-stack roles
      • interest in machine learning, security, distributed systems, and/or cloud infrastructure
    • company fit

Interview Criteria

  • communication
    • ask clarifying questions
    • discuss design decisions and implementation trade-offs
  • speed
    • practice coding quickly
    • get a working solution first
  • quality
    • write clean/bug free code
    • iteratively fix bugs and optimize the solution

Job Search

Advice and Tips

  • picking a language to interview in
  • spend a couple of hours research company culture, industry, and product
  • spend a couple days (2-3) studying the subject matter and CS fundamentals
    • data structures, object-oriented design, and algorithms
    • ex: arrays, (O)n, binary trees, link list, integers, hash map, traversals, recursions, etc.
    • go back to your college textbooks
    • pick your favorite data structure and implement it
  • spend a week or 2 practicing problems and practicing mock interviews
  • line up interviews in rounds so you can pace yourself and improve
    • line up easier or companies your less interested in earlier so you can build momentum and confidence for the interviews you really care about
    • practice while applying then set interviews 2-3 weeks out to study and get in the zone
  • checklist right before the interview
  • explore roles adjacent to software engineering

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