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Coding Practice

Coding question practice is not about memorizing answers to programming problems.

Why you need to practice doing programming problems:

  • Problem recognition, and where the right data structures and algorithms fit in
  • Gathering requirements for the problem
  • Talking your way through the problem like you will in the interview
  • Coding on a whiteboard or paper, not a computer
  • Coming up with time and space complexity for your solutions
  • Testing your solutions

How to setup and get started:

  • Study Algorithm design canvas by HiredInTech
    • Great intro for methodical, communicative problem solving in an interview
    • Similar content is covered in coding interview books but this is outstanding
  • Get a whiteboard at home and practice on it. If you cannot have whiteboard, then get a extra large notebook and use pencil and eraser on it rather than pen.

Supplemental:

Read and Do Programming Problems (in this order):

Coding exercises/challenges​

Once you've learned your brains out, put those brains to work. Take coding challenges every day, as many as you can.

Coding Interview Question Videos:

Challenge sites:

Language-learning sites, with challenges:

Others:

Challenge repos:

Mock Interviews:

Website with Practice Problems and Solutions:

Once you're closer to the interview​

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Your Resume​

Be thinking of for when the interview comes​

Think of about 20 interview questions you'll get, along with the lines of the items below. Have 2-3 answers for each. Have a story, not just data, about something you accomplished.

  • Why do you want this job?

  • What's a tough problem you've solved?

  • Biggest challenges faced?

  • Best/worst designs seen?

  • Ideas for improving an existing product

  • How do you work best, as an individual and as part of a team?

  • Which of your skills or experiences would be assets in the role and why?

  • What did you most enjoy at [job x / project y]?

  • What was the biggest challenge you faced at [job x / project y]?

  • What was the hardest bug you faced at [job x / project y]?

  • What did you learn at [job x / project y]?

  • What would you have done better at [job x / project y]?

  • If you find hard to come up with good answers of this type interview questions, you can refer below link for some answer templates and have some idea.

  • General Interview Questions and their Answers (article)

  • Grokking the Behavioral Interview (Educative.io free course)

Have questions for the interviewer​

  • How large is your team?
  • What does your dev cycle look like? Do you do waterfall/sprints/agile?
  • Are rushes to deadlines common? Or is there flexibility?
  • How are decisions made in your team?
  • How many meetings do you have per week?
  • Do you feel your work environment helps you concentrate?
  • What are you working on?
  • What do you like about it?
  • What is the work life like?
  • How is work/life balance?