Comment by BeetleB
1 day ago
I read this book to prepare for coding interviews. In retrospect, it really didn't help with that goal.
I did, nevertheless, learn quite a bit from it. Would recommend to everyone. It's well written.
1 day ago
I read this book to prepare for coding interviews. In retrospect, it really didn't help with that goal.
I did, nevertheless, learn quite a bit from it. Would recommend to everyone. It's well written.
What actually helped?
Just lots of practice.
I guess what I meant is that if you've read stuff like Cracking The Coding Interview and taken an undergrad algorithms/data structure course - that's sufficient knowledge for Leetcode style problem.
The additional stuff in TCPH was fun to read/learn, but I never used it to solve any of those problems.
A note: In my last round of interviewing, I read Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview (the sequel), and the tips it gives for technical coding problems were great - much better than the original book. I can't say it helped getting a job, because the job I did get had its interview just before I read that book.
Did you actually read back to front or cherry pick?
Also, how did you coordinate practice and having a day-job?