Top Java Challenges: Cracking the Coding Interview: based on real interviews - Couverture souple

Gamio, Moises

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798650252368

Editeur : Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

Struggling with algorithm questions? Feeling overwhelmed by trees, graphs, and dynamic programming? This book is your complete roadmap to ace technical interviews with confidence. Designed specifically for software engineers preparing for coding interviews, it breaks down complex concepts into clear, practical strategies you can apply immediately.

Inside, you’ll learn how top engineers approach problem-solving, optimize time and space complexity, and recognize patterns that appear again and again in real interviews. With step-by-step solutions, real-world examples, and carefully selected practice problems, you won’t just memorize answers — you’ll learn how to think as an interviewer expects. Whether you're aiming for FAANG, startups, or your next career upgrade, this book gives you the competitive edge you need.


Why are algorithms used in interviews?
Companies use algorithm and data structure questions in interviews as a standardized proxy to measure a candidate's core problem-solving ability, computer science fundamentals, and capacity for logical thinking.

That's the reason why Algorithms and Data structures are vital. You need this book because it includes the most common questions you can find in a real interview!.

By the end of reading this book, you'll be able to:

• Understand the basics of common data structures and algorithms and apply them to real questions.
• Master Big-O analysis, time and space trade-offs, and performance optimization techniques recruiters expect.
• Apply clean code practices to develop a usable algorithm.
• Understand the importance of text manipulation methods, lists, recursion, class design, queues, stacks, hashing, trees, graphs, and many more.
• Develop a complete algorithm using the TDD approach, e.g., a graph-based transport system, a tic-tac-toe game, or DHL Locker.
• React better than other candidates when faced with a new problem, e.g., design an algorithm to solve a problem you haven't seen before.
• Walk through 50 real coding challenges with detailed explanations — not just final answers.
• Learn proven problem-solving frameworks used by FAANG and top tech engineers.

Table of Contents

• Inner workings of Data Structures
• Big O Notation
• Arrays and Strings
• Linked Lists
• Math and Logic Puzzles
• Recursion, Backtracking, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming
• Sorting and Searching
• Stacks and Queues
• Hash Table
• Trees and Graphs
• Challenge Codes

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798650252368
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 207
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg