Interview Kick start - Anyone tried?

[hotlantian]

3 hours ago, meri_zindagi said:

Step 0: Where you start your prep depends on where you are right now. Answer these questions honestly (don’t worry, I was terrible in the beginning too) and I’ll tell you where to start:

how comfortable are you with programming in general? Do you have a good understanding of common data structures like arrays, dictionaries, stacks, Queues, etc? Do you have a decent understanding of depth first search and breadth first search? how comfortable are you with trees and graphs?

If you answer YES to above questions you are already in a good place to start...if you answered NO to above questions, you're still fine (I was in the same position last year)

Step 1: pick a programming language that you’re comfortable with. I used python. You can use any common ones like python, C/C++, Java, etc

Step 2: All you need is leetcode for DS and algo problems. But first, You can start with this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850

If you want to brush up on any topic you can use this book: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena-ebook/dp/B00B8139Z8/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=algorithm+design+manual&qid=1589754774&sprefix=algoithm+des&sr=8-3

Step 3: once you are good with solving simple problems from cracking the coding interview, you can jump to leetcode(https://leetcode.com/). Leetcode is the most popular platform used by people interviewing for top tech companies. Pick a set of problems that covers major topics. I used the following lists.

1. I started with the following list (75 problems) which covers major topics

https://leetcode.com/list/xi4ci4ig/

(source: https://www.teamblind.com/post/New-Year-Gift---Curated-List-of-Top-75-LeetCode-Questions-to-Save-Your-Time-OaM1orEU)

2. this one covers broader ground

https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/448285/List-of-questions-sorted-by-common-patterns.

Most of the interview problems come from these topics: trees and graphs(BFS,DFS), arrays, strings, recursion, binary search, linked lists, backtracking

so make sure, you work on these before you jump on to advanced topics like Dynamic programming

Step 4 (System Design, optional): You'll have System Design round(s) if you're aiming for E4  in FB/ L4 in Google or higher. This is a bit hard if you don't have much distributed systems experience. But here are some sources that are helpful.

You can start with system design primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

you can check YouTube videos( Tushar roy, Gaurav sen) or read this book for system design concepts

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=designing+data-intensive+applications&qid=1589776963&sprefix=designing+&sr=8-3

And practice these problems:

https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Step 5: Final step is doing company tagged problems in leetcode (available with leetcode premium subscription https://leetcode.com/subscribe/) and free mock interviews (https://www.pramp.com/#/, https://interviewing.io/)

 

Additional tips and resources:

1. for general questions & answers about tech interviews, referrals, tech life, etc from FAANG employees (https://www.rooftopslushie.com/, https://www.teamblind.com/)

2. You can pay for referrals or get your resume reviewed or ask questions (starting from $5, but $15-20 is a reasonable starting point) here: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/

3. For long-term DS& algo prep (this book is available in three versions: C++, Java, Python) especially for Google: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836

This book has preparation plans ranging from a weekend to 4 months. This is the best possible resource with great problems and explanations

4. Boot-camp style resources: https://interviewcamp.io/(cheap and effective), https://www.interviewcake.com/ (cheap and effective), https://www.interviewkickstart.com/(expensive),  https://www.outco.io/

5. For Salary info check: https://www.levels.fyi/, https://www.teamblind.com/salaryComparison

6. For referrals, Linkedin Premium is very useful. If you are trying for Google, you can search for 'google hiring', 'google recruiter',etc and then send messages to recruiters/hiring managers (whose linkedin intro mentions that they are hiring) in the search results. You can find a lot of resources online on what to send in the intro message. This approach is mostly a numbers game. So message as many people as you can.
 

Great bro. Thanks for sharing. im 38 now I’m interested but not sure how much effort I can put in at this age. 
 

 

[hotlantian]

3 hours ago, meri_zindagi said:

Step 0: Where you start your prep depends on where you are right now. Answer these questions honestly (don’t worry, I was terrible in the beginning too) and I’ll tell you where to start:

how comfortable are you with programming in general? Do you have a good understanding of common data structures like arrays, dictionaries, stacks, Queues, etc? Do you have a decent understanding of depth first search and breadth first search? how comfortable are you with trees and graphs?

If you answer YES to above questions you are already in a good place to start...if you answered NO to above questions, you're still fine (I was in the same position last year)

Step 1: pick a programming language that you’re comfortable with. I used python. You can use any common ones like python, C/C++, Java, etc

Step 2: All you need is leetcode for DS and algo problems. But first, You can start with this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850

If you want to brush up on any topic you can use this book: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena-ebook/dp/B00B8139Z8/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=algorithm+design+manual&qid=1589754774&sprefix=algoithm+des&sr=8-3

Step 3: once you are good with solving simple problems from cracking the coding interview, you can jump to leetcode(https://leetcode.com/). Leetcode is the most popular platform used by people interviewing for top tech companies. Pick a set of problems that covers major topics. I used the following lists.

1. I started with the following list (75 problems) which covers major topics

https://leetcode.com/list/xi4ci4ig/

(source: https://www.teamblind.com/post/New-Year-Gift---Curated-List-of-Top-75-LeetCode-Questions-to-Save-Your-Time-OaM1orEU)

2. this one covers broader ground

https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/448285/List-of-questions-sorted-by-common-patterns.

Most of the interview problems come from these topics: trees and graphs(BFS,DFS), arrays, strings, recursion, binary search, linked lists, backtracking

so make sure, you work on these before you jump on to advanced topics like Dynamic programming

Step 4 (System Design, optional): You'll have System Design round(s) if you're aiming for E4  in FB/ L4 in Google or higher. This is a bit hard if you don't have much distributed systems experience. But here are some sources that are helpful.

You can start with system design primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

you can check YouTube videos( Tushar roy, Gaurav sen) or read this book for system design concepts

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=designing+data-intensive+applications&qid=1589776963&sprefix=designing+&sr=8-3

And practice these problems:

https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Step 5: Final step is doing company tagged problems in leetcode (available with leetcode premium subscription https://leetcode.com/subscribe/) and free mock interviews (https://www.pramp.com/#/, https://interviewing.io/)

 

Additional tips and resources:

1. for general questions & answers about tech interviews, referrals, tech life, etc from FAANG employees (https://www.rooftopslushie.com/, https://www.teamblind.com/)

2. You can pay for referrals or get your resume reviewed or ask questions (starting from $5, but $15-20 is a reasonable starting point) here: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/

3. For long-term DS& algo prep (this book is available in three versions: C++, Java, Python) especially for Google: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836

This book has preparation plans ranging from a weekend to 4 months. This is the best possible resource with great problems and explanations

4. Boot-camp style resources: https://interviewcamp.io/(cheap and effective), https://www.interviewcake.com/ (cheap and effective), https://www.interviewkickstart.com/(expensive),  https://www.outco.io/

5. For Salary info check: https://www.levels.fyi/, https://www.teamblind.com/salaryComparison

6. For referrals, Linkedin Premium is very useful. If you are trying for Google, you can search for 'google hiring', 'google recruiter',etc and then send messages to recruiters/hiring managers (whose linkedin intro mentions that they are hiring) in the search results. You can find a lot of resources online on what to send in the intro message. This approach is mostly a numbers game. So message as many people as you can.
 

This looks like 1 year preparation 

[areyentiraidhi]

here is the review I found.

https://www.yoreoyster.com/review/interview-kickstart/

 

[jaathiratnalu]

1 hour ago, hotlantian said:

Great bro. Thanks for sharing. im 38 now I’m interested but not sure how much effort I can put in at this age. 
 

 

Age is will power ki emi sanbandam.. nuvvu cheppe di excuse laga vundi 

[jaathiratnalu]

Just now, jaathiratnalu said:

Age ki will power ki emi sanbandam.. nuvvu cheppe di excuse laga vundi 

 

[nijamena]

Leetcode premium is the best.

[Manikyam]

7 hours ago, BeerBob123 said:

Free webinar vinna 

7500 fee anta lite teesukunna 

last year naku 3000 offer ichadu

ade lite tesukunna

ipudu baga penchadu 

[meri_zindagi]

3 hours ago, hotlantian said:

This looks like 1 year preparation 

That is a repost. Originally posted by someone. I saved it.

[jambalhaatraja]

My 2c

All the bootcamps etc mentioned earlier will just push you towards your goal. Just completing a 2 months DSA and SDI and dont expect bezos or zucker to knock your door and ask you to save their company

It takes a ton of time effort and grit to complete these material. SDI primer itself takes months together. And moreover once your cross 30 in age you focus starts wavering after an hour or so. If you can dedicate like an year to year and half with full focus they only start preparing. You will have to sacrifice a ton of leisure time ,weekends, enjoyments etc

Graphs trees DP memoization will also come in your night dreams.And all this keeping your day job active and routine family kids time etc

It isn't just doing LC once..you have to repeatedly finish it 2-3 times to get stuck in your brain. 300 LC is a good number and some 75 SQL may be.

Keep all the courses aside YOU should be convinced and enjoy the journey. Just don't do it seeing the TC numbers and because your friends are doing

There are a ton of ways to earn money and Software is just one of it. Insta influencers earn more than insta engineers. So do something which excites you day in and day out. Success and money will follow

[tennisluvrredux]

On 2/10/2022 at 11:25 PM, Manikyam said:

last year naku 3000 offer ichadu

ade lite tesukunna

ipudu baga penchadu 

That was a great deal, should have taken it bro