Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job 3rd Edition

by John Mongan (Author), Noah Suojanen Kindler (Author), Eric GiguÃ¨re (Author)

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Be prepared for your next job interview with this tried-and-true advice

In today's tight job market, competition for programming jobs is hotter than ever. This third edition of a popular guide to programming interviews includes new code examples, information on the latest languages, new chapters on sorting and design patterns, tips on using LinkedIn, and a downloadable app to help prepare applicants for the interview. Like its earlier editions, this guide covers what software companies and IT departments want their programmers to know and includes plenty of helpful hints to boost your confidence.

Looks at current job search and hiring processes, such as the rise of LinkedIn and other social networks as recruiting resources
Addresses the most important languages for a programmer to know and features examples in multiple languages
Includes new programming questions designed to sharpen your knowledge
Features all-new chapters on design patterns and sorting, including how to deal with memory constraints and mobility issues

Walk into your next job interview with confidence, knowing you have thoroughly studied this newest edition of Programming Interviews Exposed.

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Get the job you want by gaining the interview skills you need

Landing a great programming job isn't a matter of luck; it's a matter of being prepared for the unique challenges of the technical job search. Programming interviews require a different set of skills than day-to-day programming, so even expert programmers often struggle if they don't know what to expect. This thoroughly revised and expanded third edition teaches you the skills you need to apply your programming expertise to the types of problems most frequently encountered in interviews at top tech companies today. Step-by-step solutions to an extensive set of sample interview questions simulate the interview experience to hone the skills you've learned. After you've worked through this book, you'll approach your interviews with confidence, knowing you can solve any problem that stands between you and the job you really want.

Programming Interviews Exposed:

Leads you through the job search process, including the most effective techniques for employing LinkedIn and other social networks
Teaches you the techniques you need to solve any interview problem
Illustrates the full thought process of application of these techniques to real interview problems with step-by-step solutions
Solves each problem with code in C, C++, C# or Java, with emphasis on object-oriented solutions
Includes new chapters on sorting and design patterns and new questions on 64-bit computing and secure programming practices

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About the Author

John Mongan is a resident radiologist at UC San Francisco, conducting research in medical informatics. He has a PhD in bioinformatics and several patents on software testing technologies.

Eric Giguere is a software engineer at Google with over 20 years of professional programming experience. He has a master's degree in computer science and is the author of several programming books.

Noah Kindler is VP Technology at the security technology company Avira. He leads software design and development teams across several products with a user base of over 100 million.

Wrox Professional guides are written by working developers to address everyday needs. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Wrox; 3 edition (November 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118261364
ISBN-13: 978-1118261361
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 160 customer reviews
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Roger Ngo

Recommended for a quick review!

August 16, 2017

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Read this a few times in the past to keep my mind sharp when it comes to programming and algorithms. I believe this is one of the standard books to review when it comes to “programming interview prep”.

I found the chapters on Linked Lists (ch 4), Graphs (ch 5), Strings (ch 6) and Recursion (ch 7) to be the most useful.

The explanations provided in the book was good, but I wouldn’t use it as a pure substitute for learning data structures. I prefer textbooks for that.

The exercises however, are the meat of this book. Each of the questions presented are very practical and are pretty close to what you would be asked in an interview. I’d say if you want to really prepare for your typical programming interview, definitely pick this books up.

It’s also pretty useful for a quick read for a review of data structures and basic algorithmic concepts if you find that you were very comfortable with theoretical CS in the past and and just want to brush up in a practical sense.

Highly recommended buy. I have already read this book 3 or 4 times already in the past 6 years or so. :)

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ap352

i liked the questions and explanations more in this than in ...

July 24, 2016

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i liked the questions and explanations more in this than in Cracking the Coding Interview. Definitely a little on the easy side but I got an exact question from this in an interview once

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Amber

Fundamentals, some questions, no hashtables

January 27, 2017

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Great review on fundamentals. It doesn't have many sample interview questions. But if there are any you do not understand in here, you know which algorithms/datastructures you should probably brush up on in case they are needed in interviews.

I don't think this has anything on hashing and hashtables. It seems to have everything else I remember from algorithms/datastructure courses I once took.

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Tanvi

When all is forgotten...

March 20, 2016

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A couple years ago, I made an extremely difficult choice. Which interview prep book should I buy? - Cracking the coding interview or Programming Interviews Exposed. I settled and bought both.

What is this book good at?
Teaching you the fundamentals like you know nothing. This book is like a super condensed version of any algorithms and data structures textbook that reminds you of everything you've learnt (perhaps forgotten) in school.

What is it not?
Although this book does have some interesting problems to solve, the focus is to get your basics in place rather than have you practise a bunch of problems(which is more the approach of Cracking the Coding Interview). It does not necessarily teach you how to be a good interviewee but rather teaches you how to be a good programmer.

This book is great for a person who's lost touch with the basics or just needs a refresher of sorts. It is also good for students to help them understand what parts of their textbooks are most important in terms of interviews. Although, if you are a student, I suggest you pair this book with Craking the Coding interview for your interview prep since that book trains you more practically while this book gives you a strong sense theoretically.

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Mdk_25

Excellent book for studying for job interviews

October 15, 2017

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Excellent book for studying for job interviews in the software development business.
It covers most important areas that are asked in job interviews.
And each chapter comes both with explanations and example questions.

If you know how to solve any questions in this book - you're definitely getting almost any job you apply to.

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John

Great book for competent CS majors

September 14, 2017

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Awesome book. It is clearly tailored to those who have already studied CS extensively. Other books I've tried have wasted my time explaining simple concepts, but this book gets right to business.

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Matt H

Great Help With Coding Interviews

March 5, 2016

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Love this book for interview prep. I have both this one and the 'Cracking the Coding Interview' and I think I slightly lean in favor of this one. The other book has more problems, with in depth solutions, but I like the topic coverage of this book. I think all concepts are explained very well. I hate coding interviews, and have issues with nerves that make it very challenging for me to think in that kind of setting. The only way to combat that is to practice and be confident in your knowledge. This book certainly will help in the later. I highly recommend having both books, but if you are only going to go with one I would make this one it.

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Eletrix123

Extremely helpful to anyone studying for Computer Science interviews. ...

February 8, 2017

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Extremely helpful to anyone studying for Computer Science interviews. It covers a lot of the topics in-depth, unlike Cracking the Coding Interview which assumes you have a strong understanding of everything talked about in the book, which really helps in understanding what is going on.

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