Название: Top Java Challenges: Cracking the Coding Interview: based on real interviews
Автор: Moises Gamio
Издательство: codersite.dev
Год: 2020
Страниц: 127
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

If you want to join an ever-changing field full of discovery and potential, one where you’ll never get bored and have a chance to make an impact — then your answer may be ‘yes.’ Tech will put you right where the growth and disruption are happening. It will take hard work, but you will thrive if you are willing to adapt and learn.

I am a software engineer who faced real interviews as a candidate for startups and big companies. Throughout the years, I have sourced factual questions that have been tried, tested, and commented on step by step and are now part of this book!. I hope you find them practical and useful in your career search.

Why are algorithms used in interviews?

Jobs in the tech industry are expected to grow exponentially in the next few years. If you plan to enter the job market soon, you must know that companies will evaluate your problem-solving skills based on data structures and algorithms, and you will need to face a complex problem on a blackboard.

That's the reason why Algorithms and Data structures are vital. You need this book because it includes the most common questions you can find in a real interview!.

Usually, the interviewer poses a complex problem to solve in a limited time. You need to provide rationales about design choices made in your proposed solution in terms of resource and time efficiency.

Therefore, knowing the most appropriate data structures and algorithms to solve common problems frequently used in the recruiting process can be decisive. Whether your knowledge of efficient data structures and algorithms is scarce or buried in your memory since you learned about them for the first time, this book can help you. It includes the most common questions, and their respective solutions, that you can find in a real interview. Recall, the more prepared you are, the more points you accumulate objectively concerning other candidates. This book includes typical questions based on real interviews that you must know and practice. All solved and explained in detail.

By the end of reading this book, you'll be able to:

Understand the basics of common data structures and algorithms and apply them to real questions.
Apply clean code practices to develop a usable algorithm.
Understand the importance of text manipulation methods, lists, recursion, class design, queues, stacks, hashing, trees, graphs, and many more.
Develop a complete algorithm using the TDD approach, e.g., graph-based transport system, tic tac toe game.
React better than other candidates when faced with a new problem, e.g., design an algorithm to solve a problem you haven't seen before.
Understand and practice 40 code challenges explained step by step, including its pictorial representation.