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- [String searching & manipulations](#string-searching--manipulations)
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- [Final Review](#final-review)
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- [Coding Question Practice](#coding-question-practice)
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- [Books](#books)
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- [Coding exercises/challenges](#coding-exerciseschallenges)
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- [Once you're closer to the interview](#once-youre-closer-to-the-interview)
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- [Your Resume](#your-resume)
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---------------- Everything below this point is optional ----------------
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- [Additional Books](#additional-books)
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- [Additional Learning](#additional-learning)
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- [Unicode](#unicode)
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- [Endianness](#endianness)
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#### Sorts:
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- [ ] Merge Sort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCae1WNvnZM
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---
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## Coding Question Practice
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- [ ] [Great intro (copied from System Design section): Algorithm design:](http://www.hiredintech.com/algorithm-design/)
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- [ ] [Mathematics for Topcoders](https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/mathematics-for-topcoders/)
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- [ ] [Dynamic Programming – From Novice to Advanced](https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/dynamic-programming-from-novice-to-advanced/)
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Now that you know all the computer science topics above, it's time to practice answering coding problems.
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**Coding question practice is not about memorizing answers to programming problems.**
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Why you need to practice doing programming problems:
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- problem recognition, and where the right data structures and algorithms fit in
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- gathering requirements for the problem
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- talking your way through the problem like you will in the interview
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- coding on a whiteboard or paper, not a computer
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- coming up with time and space complexity for your solutions
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- testing your solutions
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There is a great intro for methodical, communicative problem solving in an interview. You'll get this from the programming
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interview books, too, but I found this outstanding:
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- [ ] [Algorithm design](http://www.hiredintech.com/algorithm-design/)
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No whiteboard at home? That makes sense. I'm a weirdo and have a big whiteboard. Instead of a whiteboard, pick up a
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large drawing pad from an art store. You can sit on the couch and practice. This is my "sofa whiteboard".
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I added the pen in the photo for scale.
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Supplemental:
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- [Mathematics for Topcoders](https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/mathematics-for-topcoders/)
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- [Dynamic Programming – From Novice to Advanced](https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/dynamic-programming-from-novice-to-advanced/)
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- [MIT Interview Materials](https://web.archive.org/web/20160906124824/http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/interview/materials.php)
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- [Exercises for getting better at a given language](http://exercism.io/languages)
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## Books
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### Mentioned in Google Coaching
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**Read and do exercises:**
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- [ ] The Algorithm Design Manual (Skiena)
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- Book (can rent on kindle):
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- [Algorithm Design Manual](http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/dp/1849967202)
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**Read as a review and problem recognition**
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- [ ] [Algorithm Design Manual](http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/dp/1849967202) (Skiena)
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- To quote Yegge: "More than any other book it helped me understand just how astonishingly commonplace
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(and important) graph problems are – they should be part of every working programmer's toolkit. The book also
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covers basic data structures and sorting algorithms, which is a nice bonus. But the gold mine is the second half
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of the book, which is a sort of encyclopedia of 1-pagers on zillions of useful problems and various ways to solve
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them, without too much detail. Almost every 1-pager has a simple picture, making it easy to remember. This is a
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great way to learn how to identify hundreds of problem types."
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- Can rent it on kindle
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- Half.com is a great resource for textbooks at good prices.
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- Answers:
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- [Solutions](http://www.algorithm.cs.sunysb.edu/algowiki/index.php/The_Algorithms_Design_Manual_(Second_Edition))
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- [Solutions](http://blog.panictank.net/category/algorithmndesignmanualsolutions/page/2/)
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- [Errata](http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~skiena/algorist/book/errata)
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Once you've understood everything in the daily plan, and read and done exercises from the the books above,
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read and do exercises from the books below. Then move to coding challenges (further down below)
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**Read first:**
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**Read and Do Programming Problems (in this order):**
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- [ ] [Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job, 2nd Edition](http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047012167X.html)
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**Read second (recommended by many, but not in Google coaching docs):**
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- recommended in Google candidate coaching
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- [ ] [Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition](http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-6th-Programming/dp/0984782850/)
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- recommended on the [Google Careers site](https://www.google.com/about/careers/how-we-hire/interview/)
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- If you see people reference "The Google Resume", it was a book replaced by "Cracking the Coding Interview".
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### Additional books
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These were not suggested by Google but I added because I needed the background knowledge
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- [ ] C Programming Language, Vol 2
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- [answers to questions](https://github.com/lekkas/c-algorithms)
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- [ ] C++ Primer Plus, 6th Edition
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- [ ] [The Unix Programming Environment](http://product.half.ebay.com/The-UNIX-Programming-Environment-by-Brian-W-Kernighan-and-Rob-Pike-1983-Other/54385&tg=info)
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These two were very recommended.
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**If you have time**
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- [ ] [Programming Pearls](http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/0201657880)
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- [ ] [Algorithms and Programming: Problems and Solutions](http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Programming-Solutions-Alexander-Shen/dp/0817638474)
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### If you have time
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- [ ] [Introduction to Algorithms](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844)
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- To quote Yegge: "But if you want to come into your interviews *prepped*, then consider deferring your application until you've made your way through that book."
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- Half.com is a great resource for textbooks at good prices.
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- aka CLR, sometimes CLRS, because Stein was late to the game
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- [ ] [Elements of Programming Interviews](https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836)
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- all code is in C++, if you're looking to use C++ in your interview
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- good book on problem solving in general.
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## Be thinking of for when the interview comes
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Think of about 20 interview questions you'll get, along the lines of the items below.
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Have 2-3 answers for each
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Have a story, not just data, about something you accomplished
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Think of about 20 interview questions you'll get, along the lines of the items below. Have 2-3 answers for each.
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Have a story, not just data, about something you accomplished.
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- Why do you want this job?
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- What's a tough problem you've solved?
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- Biggest challenges faced?
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Everything below this point is optional. These are my recommendations, not Google's.
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By studying these, you'll get greater exposure to more CS concepts, and will be better prepared for
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any software engineering job.
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any software engineering job. You'll be a much more well-rounded software engineer.
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## Additional Books
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- [ ] [C Programming Language, Vol 2](https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Brian-W-Kernighan/dp/0131103628)
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- [answers to questions](https://github.com/lekkas/c-algorithms)
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- [ ] [The Unix Programming Environment](http://product.half.ebay.com/The-UNIX-Programming-Environment-by-Brian-W-Kernighan-and-Rob-Pike-1983-Other/54385&tg=info)
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- and oldie but a goodie
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- [ ] [The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593273894/)
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- a modern option
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- [ ] [TCP/IP Illustrated Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_Illustrated)
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- [ ] [Head First Design Patterns](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596007124/)
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- a gentle introduction to design patterns
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- [ ] [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612)
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- aka the "Gang Of Four" book, or GOF
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- the canonical design patterns book
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- [ ] [Site Reliability Engineering](https://landing.google.com/sre/book.html)
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- [Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems](https://landing.google.com/sre/)
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- [ ] [UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition](https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Linux-System-Administration-Handbook/dp/0131480057/)
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## Additional Learning
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- ### Unicode
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