An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020)
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Re: An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020)
#2> After being given the algorithm problem, ask for the specific runtime your solution will need to have. Almost certainly, the interviewer will tell you.
In my experience, interviewers will rarely tell you the runtime of the optimal solution.
Regardless, very interesting blog post.
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#3Many interviewers ask candidates to explain their thinking. I don't think this dubious process of elimination would pass that test.
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#4The first example test given (rate limiter) gives a bad answer. I wouldn't use this method.
Re: An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020)
#5Interviews are really a dumb game these days so if you want to really game it you can go with a statistical approach:
* Practice questions by company on LeetCode, sort by frequency of last 6 months and work down the list, do maybe 75-100, the list updates once a week
* Search for the company on the LeetCode forums and sort by most recent. If a question is not on LC yet it will likely get posted there, so you can get really fresh intel.
I've read of people doing this and getting like 6/6 questions they've seen before.
Re: An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020)
#6This is a good post for beginners. Fortunately or unfortunately coding interviews have become much tougher. This resource [1] has helped some.
[1]: https://hackernoon.com/14-patterns-to-ace-any-coding-intervi...
Re: An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020)
#7The first example test given (rate limiter) gives a bad answer. I wouldn't use this method.
Elaborate?
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#8The first example test given (rate limiter) gives a bad answer. I wouldn't use this method.
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#9The first example test given (rate limiter) gives a bad answer. I wouldn't use this method.
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#10Before people start complaining about leetcode and how it doesnt exemplify skills:
its a proxy for a combination of:
intelligence and how hard you are willing to study
the computer science knowledge shown is just a bonus
EDIT:
One last thing to throw in, its pretty clear that theres a correlation between the top software companies and how hard their leetcode interviews are. You can claim all you want it doesnt work, but facebook and google have very hard leetcode interviews and are known for the best software