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leeny

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About leeny

Founder of interviewing.io

http://blog.alinelerner.com

@alinelernerLLC

aline at alinelerner.com

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    Because they need to interview! The email just gets you in the door

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    You certainly wouldn't hire someone from a cold email. But if they seem like they're the kind of person who's smart and gets things done, you can certainly get them into the proces…

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    Comment #46686128

    This is very good advice. Because OP doesn't talk about how to write emails, here's how to write good cold emails to hiring managers/employees/CEOs: https://interviewing.io/blog/ho…

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    Comment #44137894

    You can try to short-circuit the AI Interviewer by just entering your solution into the IDE. OR you can ask to end the interview, and then you'll get a link to the solution. We bui…

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    Comment #44137299

    We use Clearbit for enrichment: https://clearbit.com/ That said, all interviews on interviewing.io are anonymous unless you and your interviewer both explicitly opt in to unmask.

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    Comment #44137290

    Odd, that shouldn't be happening. Can you please email support@ and say you're trying to access the book materials, and we'll investigate

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    OP here. A few of you have asked why we made these problems free. The answer is twofold, simple, and maybe even a bit underwhelming: 1) We want people to read the book (To wit, we'…

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    I agree with what Mike said. We shared the content because we want people to read the book and to use interviewing.io... it's not because we've given up on it (see my longer commen…

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    Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

    Hey HN, I'm Aline, founder of interviewing.io and one of the authors of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview (the official sequel to CTCI). We just compiled every problem (and solu…

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    Comment #43560122

    good catch. i'll remove the CAGR bit. it's not really relevant to the rest of the post anyway

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    I've seen hundreds of people do this without ill effect. I know it's counterintuitive, but it works. The times it doesn't work are listed in the post, but it's basically when there…

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    Comment #43152495

    Thank you for sharing that. I am floored. Do you have some time to talk? You don't have to, and it'd be a big favor to ask for your time, but I'd love the opportunity to dig in a b…

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    100%. I agree with everything you said. The interview is supposed to be about whether someone can master new stuff. I've heard good interviews described as "being smart together". …