The Technical Interview Preparation

The Grind 75 of LeetCode

I started with the grind 75 list of coding practice problems. I did 35/75 of the questions because the other half of the questions involved complex algorithms that I knew I would not remember. After doing half of this list, I could easily solve easy-level questions. For interns, easy questions are the most common and hard questions are rarely asked.

For the questions I could not solve, I watched NeetCode Blind 75 YouTube videos

The Tech Interview Handbook

Skimmed through the data structures and algorithms cheatsheet. I learned all of these from class since I am a computer science major, so I only needed to skim through them.

CodeSignal

Going back I would start with CodeSignal instead of the Grind 75 list because the questions are easier. After I was confident, I did a few CodeSignal Tests. I often did poorly on the CodeSignal tests usually getting either 0-2 questions out of 4 correct, but I kept doing them twice a week in the last month and it improved my problem-solving ability.

To learn coding techniques I mainly googled them and learned them from Programiz, GeeksForGeeks and YouTube. I also studied a few coding interview cheat sheets and articles.

Time Complexity

I learned about how to analyze time complexity from this video by Ben Awad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHjPTUpQOAk&t=334s

The Big O Cheat Sheet is the most popular resource on Big O notation, but I personally found the python wiki more useful.

The Behavioural Interview Preparation

Notion Project Grid

Coding Questions Notes

Willo One-Way Interview

Why should we hire you?

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What are your greatest strengths?

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What are your greatest weaknesses?

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What programming languages have you used?

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Describe the process you use for writing a piece of code, from requirements to delivery.

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What is the agile software philosophy?

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What is the difference between re-engineering and reverse engineering?

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What would you do if a coworker asked you to review their code, and it was full of errors?

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How do you feel about a collaborative work environment?

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