Founder/CEO of CareerCup. Ex-Google, Apple, Microsoft developer. Author of Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview & Cracking the Tech Career.
Palo Alto, CA
Joined January 2009
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The SEQUEL to the best-selling interview prep book is finally released! Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview is packed with strategies and tools -- triggers, boosters, and new algorithms -- to tackle tough interview questions. Haven't gotten it in my hands yet... I think my copy arrives tomorrow! amazon.com/dp/195570600X
PMs still message me: "I loved your book!" So it was fun to talk about it with @aakashgupta on his podcast.
We covered:
1. How to crack behavioral questions
2. The approach to case interviews
3. How to get interviews in the tough market of 2025
youtu.be/kmvrlSghI8w
Hanging out on r/leetcode for an AMA. Ask away! #codinginterviews #leetcode reddit.com/r/leetcode/commen…
My 11 year old is reading coding questions and is every candidate right now.
“But you could do it in one python line / with a different data structure.”
“I DON’T CARE. Look, interviews aren’t about solving the question. It’s about testing you and getting signal from you.”
Debating cover choices for Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview. (coming out in Jan!) Which one do you prefer? dropbox.com/scl/fi/rbzc9v30z…
61%Option A
15%Option B
24%Option C
46 votes • Final results Gayle L. McDowell retweeted
Excited to have a mock coding interview in which I was an interviewee to be used in the upcoming book, Beyond cracking the coding interview (official sequel to CTCI by @gayle) by @alinelernerLLC, the founder of interviewing.io 🎉😀
#crackingthecodinginterview
**Drumroll** The sequel to CtCI is coming... Jan 2025!
Pre-order now -- Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview: Pass Tough Technical Interviews, Get Noticed, and Negotiate Successfully. amazon.com/dp/195570600X
Co-written with @mike_mroczka, @alinelernerLLC and Nil Mamano.
Gimme your idea for computer science / coding (or math) topics for my son’s school passion project (a 3-4 month project). His prior topics have been QR Codes and Design of Programming Languages (where he wrote a basic programming language).
Parents out there—if your kids school has donation parties in an auction, what do they call these events (eg, “Parties with a Purpose”, etc)?
Wix support (who, fyi, tried to close out the ticket several times for no repro, although they hadn’t followed the repro steps) says “won’t fix.” Contact can only use guest checkout on their primary email address, so it should just… fail for other emails.
Anyone have a coffee maker like this and understand how these parts go? Believe they all came from the coffee maker.
Gayle L. McDowell retweeted
Earlier in her response she laments that *not enough* of her black classmates are being accelerated, and she knows many who are ready but weren't given the opportunity. So, pro-equity folks reading, let's fight to *remove* barriers to access advanced math, not introduce them! 4/
Gayle L. McDowell retweeted
A court decision in Palo Alto that found its school district to be in violation of the 2015 California Math Placement Act could set a precedent to challenge SFUSD's controversial math pathway sequence. sfexaminer.com/news/educatio…
Wow, neato. I’ve been selected for “The Top 50 Women Leaders of San Francisco.” Awardee selections were based on career track record [and also likelihood of falling for this scam of paying $495 to accept the award]. 😂 #paytoplay #womenweadmire
If anyone wonders why Twitter, etc has “blue checkmarks” (verified accounts), this is why. This account is an impersonation (thank you to my lovely coauthor @jackiebo who realized something was up!). I’ve reported to @substack and left a comment (and I was swiftly banned 🤷♀️).
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