Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job,9780471383567

Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job

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ISBN13: 9780471383567
ISBN10: 0471383562
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-05-01
Publisher(s): 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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