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Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by msinghai » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 6:44 AM UTC

farnsworth wrote: post #9

I like Cracking the Coding Interview: http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Fourth-Progr... And The Algorithm Design Manual by Skiena: http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Fourth-Progr...

http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/... - skiena

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by technogeek00 » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 6:58 AM UTC

philwelch wrote: post #11

vanelsas wrote: post #10

I have just started reading the bible of algorithms: http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/... Not a quick win but a comprehensive, in-depth algorithm book :-)

I've heard good things about that book, but to be fair The Bible Of Algorithms can only be Knuth's TAoCP.

The bible is definitely TAoCP, but its a little long to read before an interview, maybe select sections.

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by msinghai » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 8:55 AM UTC

ahalan wrote: post #2

some online materials and books: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-learner-friendly-reso... some interview questions: http://www.quora.com/What-questions-are-Java-Software-Engine...

Agreed! The Links are great!

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by jasiek » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 9:08 AM UTC

You might want to try http://www.spoj.pl/ - there's a repository of algorithmic puzzles and you can submit your solutions in a number of programming languages.

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by kunalb » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 9:40 AM UTC

For a concise, very readable book that I've used to get myself up to speed with algorithms in preparation for interviews you can try reading Algorithms by Papadimitrou, Dasgupta, Vazirani. You can grab a pdf at [Papadimitrou's website][1].

[1]: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by arckiearc » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 10:46 AM UTC

zachgalant wrote: post #15

http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/CoursePage.php?... This course is CS 161 at Stanford: Intro to Algorithms. It's got a lot of short videos, so you can pick which ones you wanna watch. Also, I took the class, the prof is really good.

Thanks a lot for posting this. I love that the lectures are broken up into smaller chunks, it makes the whole subject much easier to watch.

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by jergason » Mon, Sep 19, 2011, 6:53 PM UTC

kunalb wrote: post #25

For a concise, very readable book that I've used to get myself up to speed with algorithms in preparation for interviews you can try reading Algorithms by Papadimitrou, Dasgupta, Vazirani. You can grab a pdf at [Papadimitrou's website][1]. [1]: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html

This is the book used for an Algorithms Analysis class at my university (Brigham Young University), and I have been very impressed so far with it. The fact that it is available for free is a great plus as well.

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by Gayle » Tue, Sep 20, 2011, 4:10 AM UTC

farnsworth wrote: post #9

I like Cracking the Coding Interview: http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Fourth-Progr... And The Algorithm Design Manual by Skiena: http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Fourth-Progr...

The fifth edition of Cracking the Coding Interview came out a few weeks ago. The correct link is http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466208686.

Re: Ask HN: good, quick algorithms course to prepare for big tech interviews?

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Post by smholloway » Tue, Sep 20, 2011, 8:27 PM UTC

I heard good things about "Algorithms For Interviews" by Adnan Aziz and Amit Prakash - http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Interviews-Adnan-Aziz/dp/14... (about $20)