Cracking the Coding Interview
summary
Explains a concrete interview flow: listen, draw an example, brute-force, optimize and never start coding until interviewer signs off. Teaches specific optimizations: find bottlenecks, remove duplicated work, avoid unnecessary checks, and trade time for space with hash tables, two-pointer sorted merge. Emphasizes hand-coding practice, mock interviews, Big O and dynamic programming fundamentals, writing runnable code (not pseudocode), structuring functions, and testing small, edge and high-risk cases. Links and materials provided at go.gayle.com/codingprep.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:53Interview types and format
- 3:25Fundamentals and preparation
- 6:52Practice strategies
- 11:08Execution in the interview
- 15:17Algorithm development
- 24:11Optimizing algorithms
- 34:38The DIY problem-solving approach
- 40:01Coding and style tips
- 49:13Testing and validation
- 56:20Conclusion and mindset
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