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Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview: Pass Tough Coding Interviews, Get Noticed, and Negotiate Successfully

By Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Nerd Approved:
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Amazing book and companion to Cracking the Coding Interview. A must have for learning how to interview in the coding world. Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview builds on the foundation of the original to prepare you for today's tougher coding interviews and hiring climate. The book introduces 13 new technical topics—including sliding windows, prefix arrays, and topological sort—and adds over 150 new problems, each with step-by-step walkthroughs. We also get problem-specific triggers and five problem-solving boosters to help you get unstuck, plus an iterative study plan that will teach you to think—not memorize. The book goes beyond interview prep, too. Most job search advice is generic and doesn't come from engineers. This book shows you how to land referrals when you don't know anyone, get your offers to come in at the same time, negotiate the best possible offer, not screw up your behavioral interviews, and balance company outreach, practice, and interviewing. It also includes a curated set of interview replays from interviewing.io's collection of FAANG mock interviews.

✓ Pros

  • 13 new technical topics including sliding windows, prefix arrays, and topological sort
  • Over 150 new problems with step-by-step walkthroughs
  • Problem-specific triggers and five problem-solving boosters
  • Iterative study plan that teaches thinking, not memorization
  • Comprehensive job search guidance from engineers, not generic advice
  • Includes interview replays from interviewing.io's FAANG mock interviews
  • Tactical salary negotiation guide with exact scripts
  • Behavioral interview mastery with real examples

✗ Cons

  • Focuses on algorithms/coding questions and behavioral interviews, not system design
  • In-book solutions are in Python; online solutions in Java, JavaScript, and C++

Specifications

Pages644
Edition1st
PublisherCareerCup
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaperback
Isbn13978-1955706001
Isbn10195570600X
Publication DateJanuary 22, 2025
Dimensions7 x 1.46 x 10 inches

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