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How should I prepare in a week and go about it?
Feel free to ask any questions you may have.
Throw Away account because I am not taking any chances.
You're doing the equivalent of going in cold for the SAT if you're just now asking for this advice...
Sorry to say that if you haven't been prepping with various Algorithms, Data Structures, and Systems Design questions every single day for weeks, maybe months ahead of time - you're probably screwed unless you get lucky. You're doing the equivalent of going in cold for the SAT if you're just now asking for this advice...
Good luck!
Did the recruiter give you a list of materials to review? You need to practice whiteboard coding in a timed setting as well. Leetcode is a good place to practice online, but a whiteboard is even better. If you need interview practice, you can also try mock interviews (they tend to cost money). Good luck!
The recruiter asked to review basics of Algos, DS, Space and Time complexity and System design concepts.
Sorry to say that if you haven't been prepping with various Algorithms, Data Structures, and Systems Design questions every single day for weeks, maybe months ahead of time - you're probably screwed unless you get lucky. You're doing the equivalent of going in cold for the SAT if you're just now asking for this advice...
This Quora answer has a lot of resources.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-way-to-learn-algorith...
Did the recruiter give you a list of materials to review? You need to practice whiteboard coding in a timed setting as well. Leetcode is a good place to practice online, but a whiteboard is even better. If you need interview practice, you can also try mock interviews (they tend to cost money). Good luck!
Thanks c0110. The recruiter asked to review basics of Algos, DS, Space and Time complexity and System design concepts.
* Steve Yegge's advice (often cited when people ask how to prepare for Google interviews): https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-goo...
* Buy "Cracking the Coding Interview" and go through as many problems in it. It also gives a good rundown of Algos, DS, Space & Time complexity.
* If you've never done a Google (or other big company) interview before, you could also consider looking on YouTube to see some example interviews (e.g. how people approach a problem, how they talk it out with the interviewer, etc.)
If you don't end up nailing the interview, it's really ok. You can try again in a year. :) There are people who've done 2 or 3 tries at interviews before they get in.
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Thanks c0110. The recruiter asked to review basics of Algos, DS, Space and Time complexity and System design concepts.
The Quora link another poster submitted is a good starting place. * Steve Yegge's advice (often cited when people ask how to prepare for Google interviews): https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-goo... * Buy "Cracking the Coding Interview" and go through as many problems in it. It also gives a good rundown of Algos, DS, Space & Time complexity. * If you've never done a Google (or other big company)…
Bought Cracking the Coding interview already. Read the blog as well. Now watching YouTube videos.
Is the cool off period 1 year at Google? Seems long.
Sorry to say that if you haven't been prepping with various Algorithms, Data Structures, and Systems Design questions every single day for weeks, maybe months ahead of time - you're probably screwed unless you get lucky. You're doing the equivalent of going in cold for the SAT if you're just now asking for this advice...
You have to think that for each person hired probably 100 others spent months of their life preparing for the interview. What a massive waste of human effort.