Here’s the thing about coding interviews and imposter syndrome… You’re almost always going to feel like you’re not ready. Even if you spend months answering every technical question, you’ll still feel anxious about the interview. Be honest. If something feels off about your answers, it’s a huge red flag. Be genuine about your answers to any and all questions-even personal ones.

Many people will set aside 3 months and study for an hour each night. This can definitely work and for many people, that could be all the time you have. Grind75 is designed to be a better version of Blind75, a popular list Yangshun also made that received 3200 upvotes on a LeetCode discussion. After looking at why the simple version won't work, and tested applying different data structures and algorithms to the problem, you should have now come up with a solution that solves the problem, or at least can be good enough for now. If you’ve applied to a bunch of jobs though, then it’s totally fine for you to reply, be positive, and then ask for some time to decide. Make sure to be super thankful for the opportunity and ask for a day or two, and then let the other companies that you’ve applied for know that you have an offer. This happens a lot in the tech industry so don’t feel bad about this. It’s simply showing that you’re in demand, and you can even use this as leverage to negotiate salary.

Step 1: Before the Interview

The company is aware that no one can know all the answers to each problem and that in the real world coder are Google-fuing their way to find solutions. If you like a more traditional form of study, reading coding interview books might be your style! Find some of the best coding interview books below. In the next section, we’ll look at the best programming interview books for specific coding languages.

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Google interview process overview

a b c Hess, Ken (2012). "Women in Tech: Gayle Laakmann McDowell excels beyond the stereotypes". zdnet.com. ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. This book has a much broader scope beyond technical interviews. The author explains the things he’s learned about soft skills like communication, dedication to learning, negotiation tactics, and teamwork. He also covers questions like how to decide between different forms of coding education, the technical skills every developer needs, and what to wear to your interview. Holpuch, Amanda (October 3, 2012). "How to pass a Google interview: busting the brain teaser myth". The Guardian. London. A HUGE thing that will help you stand out from the crowd, is actually researching the company that you’re going to interview with, along with the person who is going to interview you. Create the new repo under your own GitHub user account and start contributing solutions. The repo name should follow this naming convention: CtCI-6th-Edition-.

OK so what if you get through the technical interview, and now they want to chat on a more personal basis with a behavioral interview? Hopefully with your resume and GitHub projects you’ve managed to stand out, but some companies will have hundreds if not thousands of applicants so keep applying and stay positive. If you do this enough, you will get through.

10 common behavioral interview questions

Alternatively, you can try out some of the ones below that have been proven to be used by multiple FAANG companies. In this two-hour video course with plenty of interactive exercises, you’ll learn three handy problem-solving techniques to figure them out. You should start off with simple problems, the Easy level first. It’s possible that you might find solving Easy level problems difficult initially, but try to solve them on your own.

To get past that feeling of “ I don’t think I’m ready yet”, create your own experience by building personal projects.

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I used to think that being able to think, code, and communicate simultaneously was an impossible feat, until I realized that most people are just not good at coding interviews when they first start out. Interviewing is a skill that you can get better at by studying, preparing, and practicing for it.