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2nd Edition
The pressure is on during the interview process but with the right preparation, you can walk away with your dream job. This classic book uncovers what interviews are really like at America's top software and computer companies and provides you with the tools to succeed in any situation. The authors take you step-by-step through new problems and complex brainteasers they were asked during recent technical interviews.
50 interview scenarios are presented along with in-depth analysis of the possible solutions. The problem-solving process is clearly illustrated so you'll be able to easily apply what you've learned during crunch time. You'll also find expert tips on what questions to ask, how to approach a problem, and how to recover if you become stuck. All of this will help you ace the interview and get the job you want.
What you will learn from this book
* Tips for effectively completing the job application
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Ways to prepare for the entire programming interview process
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How to find the kind of programming job that fits you best
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Strategies for choosing a solution and what your approach says about you
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How to improve your interviewing skills so that you can respond to any question or situation
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Techniques for solving knowledge-based problems, logic puzzles, and programming problems
Who this book is for
This book is for programmers and developers applying for jobs in the software industry or in IT departments of major corporations.
Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780470121672
• Condition: New
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| John Mongan | | Paperback:
| 264 pages | | Publisher:
| Wrox | | Publication Date:
| April 30, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 047012167X | | Package Length:
| 9.13 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.47 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.93 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 84 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great book for experienced professionals back in the job marketJun 15, 2010
I have over 20 years of software development experience and have been at my current company for over 10 years. And that job was through a friend. So I hadn't interviewed or written a resume in quite some time. I found out pretty quickly that things had changed since my last job search.
Given today's competitive market, I find that more employers are looking not only at experience (as they did in my prior job searches), but also are testing applicants on college level computer science. It's true that professionals have taken these courses, but it's been a very long time since I had to write a binary tree algorithm. Once you have experience, you still need to understand data structures and algorithms, but I'd seriously worry about a programmer that wrote their own btree functions. Part of software engineering is understanding what you need, where to find the libraries and tools to support your selection, and understanding how to apply them. So I was taken by surprise when asked about btree algorithms and red/black tree traversal. I remembered these concepts, but wasn't prepared to sit down and code one.
This is where this book came in handy. It sets the stage for interviewing in today's marketplace, covers all those CS101 concepts that some of us are rusty at, and provided good examples to practice working through those low level concepts.
I found it very helpful for my second round of interviews at a very technical company.
For those people that say there is no silver bullet, or that you can't learn to be a computer scientist from one book, I totally agree. But that is not the intended audience. This book is great for those of us that have all that knowledge, but are a bit rusty on some of the data structure internals. It's also great for experienced professionals who have been out of the market for a while.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great bookMar 28, 2010
Great investment if you are back in the job market, being rusty during an interview can easily be perceived as not knowing about a topic which may cost you dearly, this book gives you a great outline on what to prepare for a programming interview. I would definitely recommend it.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Very useful reviewMar 19, 2010
This book is a useful review of material covered in software interviews, and is required reading for interviews at Google
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Good bookMar 14, 2010
This book is well written, and it covers a wide range of topics. I find the non-technical topics are very helpful. Recommended.
Really helpful for interview preparationFeb 28, 2010
So you got yourself an interview. Congratulations! I was all over the place about which textbooks of my undergrad years I should study but then I came across this book which helped me narrow down my studying area by far. It prepares you for some fundamental C stuff like pointers and also for common algorithms and tricky ones that you have to think for yourself. It also makes you think smartly when trying to figure out some puzzle that occasionally appear in interviews. Overall it was really great, easy and fast to go through. Unfortunately there were a few (5-6) code errors (about half of them were corrected in the errata). Some C algorithms from the 1st version were converted to Java which was kind of a bummer (I would like to see both). Overall, I suggest it :)
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