Cracking the facebook coding interview - the approach

July 19, 2018

Introduction

I searched google and then I came cross this slideshow. Here is the link. Here is the handout.

I like to write down a few lines of notes for the video talk prepared by Gayle.

Notes

Design question

Scope - scope the problem -> ask question, make appropriate assumptions
key components -> can be somewhat naive
Identify -> Issues -> bottlenecks, tradeoffs
Repair & Redesign

Discuss top -> down

Push yourself

34:51/ 1:47
When I ask you a question, my assumption is that you do not know how to solve it. You will be comfortable to seeing a problem, being hard, and finding techniques to make progress.

If you practice, the technique is to look up the back of the book. You will be out-of-luck in the interview. So really feel the comfortable to push yourself. (35:12)

It is not quantity game. It is about quality. Spend time to push yourself. It is hard, find techniques to make progress.

Resources

Here is the link of page on crackthecodinginterview.com resource page.