Programming Interviews For Dummies®, 1st Edition by Sonmez, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Introduction

About This Book How This Book Is Organized Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

Part 1: Finding and Hooking Your Next Employer

Chapter 1: What Should You Expect?

Understanding the Interviewing Process Funnel Finding Companies That Are Hiring Submitting Your Résumés A Company Is Interested! Now What? Dealing with One or (Better Yet) Multiple Offers

Chapter 2: Knowing How the Company Is Preparing

Learning What Each Company Is Doing Leading Your Interview Being Prepared Pays Off

Chapter 3: Understanding the Investment a Company Makes

Knowing Why Companies Are Risk-Averse Discovering What Companies Are Concerned About Showing How You Can Help the Company

Part 2: Preparing for Your Interview

Chapter 4: Searching High and Low for Companies

Getting Your Ducks in a Row Deciding Where You Want to Work Figuring out the Size and Type of Company You Want to Work For What Type of Job Do You Want? Learning What’s Available

Chapter 5: Shining Up Your Résumé and Social Media Accounts

Finding Out Who You Are Online Cleaning Up Your Social Networking Profiles Making Your Résumé Stand Out Writing a Cover Letter

Chapter 6: How Your Experience Affects Your Interview

Qualifying for Senior Status Being More than Just a Junior Playing in the Majors

Chapter 7: Getting Ready for the First Ring

Preparing for Your Phone Screen Reviewing the Type of Phone Screen You May Get Acing Your Phone Screen

Part 3: Everyone’s Testing Time

Chapter 8: Testing Strategies for the Interviewee

Preparing for Questions the Company May Ask You Leveling Up Your Coding Skills Canvassing Your Network Getting Feedback after the Interview

Chapter 9: Working with Data Structures: Garbage In Means Garbage Out

Learning the Basics of Data Structures Showing You Know Data Structures Finding More Detailed Information

Chapter 10: Identifying Design Patterns and Using Recursion

Recognizing Design Patterns Knowing What You Need about Recursion Understanding Your Recursion Test

Chapter 11: Sorting with Sorting Algorithms

Absorbing Common Sorting Algorithms Solving Two Sorting Examples Getting More Examples and Researching Resources

Chapter 12: Solving Puzzles Is Fun

Knowing What Kind of Problems an Interviewer Will Ask Solving a Programming Puzzle Realizing What Interviewers Want Getting Better at Solving Puzzles

Part 4: Sealing the Deal

Chapter 13: Closing the Deal

Scheduling Interviews with Multiple Companies Managing Multiple Interviews with the Same Company Understanding When a Company May Contact You Coming Up Snake Eyes Receiving Your Offer Being Clear about Your Benefits

Chapter 14: Honing Your Negotiating Skills

Finding Information from Employees Online Dealing with Company Salary Information and Expectations Managing the Negotiation Process

Part 5: The Part of Tens

Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Stand Out

Have a Professional Headshot Establish a GitHub Profile Get Plenty of Referrals Have a Video Résumé on Social Networking Sites Create Your Own YouTube Channel Have a Good Blog to Show Your Expertise Produce a Podcast and/or Vlog Point to Mobile Apps You’ve Already Developed in App Stores Write and Self-Publish a Book Speak at Developer and Business Events

Chapter 16: Ten Non-Technical Questions You May Be Asked

What is your greatest strength? What is your greatest weakness? Where do you see yourself in five years? Why did you leave your last company? Name a time you got into a conflict with a coworker, and how was that resolved? What did you like about your last job? What did you dislike? Why do you want to work for us (or this company)? Why should we hire you? Why are you the best candidate for this job?

Chapter 17: Ten Reasons Your Résumé Will End up in the Round File

Your Résumé Has Typos, Spelling Errors, and Uses Incorrect Grammar Your Résumé Is Too Long You Start Your Résumé with an Objective Your Résumé Layout Looks Sloppy and Is Hard to Read You Have Inappropriate Material on Social Media You Lie during the Phone Screen or Interview You Are Arrogant and/or Argumentative You Have a Bad Reputation You Don’t Dress Properly for the Interview You Give the Impression You’re Hiding Something

Chapter 18: Ten Useful Websites to Check Out

LeetCode Interview Cake Reddit Programming Forum Simple Programmer Pluralsight Design Patterns Library Hired.com 142 Resources for Mastering the Coding Interview Stack Overflow Careers Interviewing.io Information Technology Résumé Services

Chapter 19: Ten Great Books to Read

Cracking the Coding Interview Never Split the Difference Programming Pearls Daily Coding Problem The Complete Software Developer’s Career Guide The Imposter’s Handbook How to Win Friends and Influence People Programming Interviews Exposed The Passionate Programmer Head First Design Patterns

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