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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job

by John Mongan; Noah Suojanen

ISBN13: 9780471383567
ISBN10: 0471383562
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2000-05-01
Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

"This classic book uncovers what interviews are really like at America's top software and computer companies and provides you with the tools to succeed in any situation. The authors take you step-by-step through new problems and complex brainteasers they were asked during recent technical Interviews." "50 interview scenarios are presented along with in-depth analysis of the possible solutions. The problem-solving process is clearly illustrated so you'll be able to easily apply what you've learned during crunch time. You'll also find expert tips on what questions to ask, how to approach a problem, and how to recover if you become stuck. All of this will help you ace the interview and get the job you want."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

The Job Application Process

1

(10)

Contacting Companies

1

(3)

Screening Interviews

4

(1)

On-site Interviews

4

(1)

Dress

5

(1)

Recruiters

5

(1)

Offers and Negotiation

6

(2)

Accepting and Rejecting Offers

8

(3)

Approaches to Programming Problems

11

(12)

The Process

11

(2)

About the Questions

13

(1)

Solving the Questions

14

(2)

When You Get Stuck

16

(1)

Analysis of the Solution

17

(6)

Linked Lists

23

(36)

Singly Linked Lists

24

(4)

Modifying the Head Pointer

24

(2)

Traversing

26

(1)

Insertion and Deletion

27

(1)

Doubly Linked lists

28

(1)

Circular Linked Lists

29

(1)

Stack Implementation

29

(7)

Maintain Linked List Tail Pointer

36

(5)

Bugs in RemoveHead

41

(2)

Mth-to-Last Element of a Linked List

43

(4)

List Flattening

47

(6)

Null Or Cycle

53

(6)

Trees and Graphs

59

(16)

Trees

59

(7)

Binary Trees

61

(1)

Binary Search Trees

62

(1)

Lookup

62

(3)

Heaps

65

(1)

Common Searches

65

(1)

Breadth-First Search

65

(1)

Depth-First Search

66

(1)

Traversals

66

(1)

Graphs

66

(1)

Preorder Traversal

67

(2)

Preorder Traversal, No Recursion

69

(2)

Lowest Common Ancestor

71

(4)

Arrays and Strings

75

(26)

Arrays

75

(3)

C/C++

77

(1)

Java

77

(1)

Perl

78

(1)

Strings

78

(2)

C

79

(1)

C++

79

(1)

Java

79

(1)

Perl

80

(1)

First Non-repeated Character

80

(3)

Remove Specified Characters

83

(4)

Reverse Words

87

(5)

Integer/String Conversions

92

(9)

Recursion

101

(24)

Binary Search

106

(2)

Permutations of a String

108

(5)

Combinations of a String

113

(4)

Telephone Words

117

(8)

Other Programming Topics

125

(34)

Graphics

125

(2)

Bit Operators

127

(2)

Structured Query Language (SQL)

129

(3)

Concurrency

132

(3)

Eighth of a Circle

135

(2)

Rectangle Overlap

137

(5)

Big-endian or Little-endian

142

(3)

Number of Ones

145

(3)

Simple SQL

148

(1)

Company and Employee Database

148

(2)

Max, No Aggregates

150

(2)

Producer/Consumer

152

(7)

Counting, Measuring, and Ordering Puzzles

159

(18)

Count Open Lockers

164

(2)

Three Switches

166

(1)

Bridge Crossing

167

(4)

Heavy Marble

171

(6)

Graphical and Spatial Puzzles

177

(16)

Boat and Dock

178

(3)

Counting Cubes

181

(4)

The Fox and Duck

185

(3)

Burning Fuses

188

(1)

Escaping the Train

189

(4)

Knowledge-Based Questions

193

(20)

Resumes

193

(1)

The Questions

194

(1)

C++ and Java

195

(1)

Including Files

196

(1)

Storage Classes

196

(1)

Friend Class

197

(1)

Class and Struct

197

(1)

Parent Class and Child Class

198

(1)

Argument Passing

199

(2)

Macros and Inline Functions

201

(1)

Inheritance

202

(1)

Object-Oriented Programming

203

(1)

Thread Programming Issues

204

(1)

Garbage Collection

205

(2)

32-Bit Operating System

207

(1)

Network Performance

207

(1)

Faster Disk Access

207

(1)

Database Advantages

208

(1)

Cryptography

209

(1)

New Cryptography Algorithms

210

(1)

Hashtables and Binary Search Trees

210

(3)

Non-Technical Questions

213

(10)

The Questions

214

(1)

What do you want to do?

215

(1)

What is your favorite programming language?

216

(1)

What is your work style?

216

(1)

Tell me about your experience.

217

(1)

What are your career goals?

217

(1)

Why are you looking to change jobs?

217

(1)

How much money do you want to make?

218

(3)

What is your salary history?

221

(1)

Why should we hire you?

221

(1)

Do you have any questions for me?

222

(1)

Appendix: Resumes

223

(22)

Index

245

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