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Here are the 5 best resources I found that helped me prepare for their Coding, Design, and Behavioral interview gauntlets

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For Coding Interviews

1. Cracking the coding interview (the universally loved)

It’s a classic for a reason. Read the book, do all the exercises. This one is table stakes

amazon.com/cracking-codin…

2. The Algorithm Design Manual by Steven S. Skiena.pdf

This one teaches you the advanced stuff.

Read each chapter and do *at least* every other exercise problem.

This trains your brain to think in the shape of most algorithm Qs

amazon.com/algorithm-desi…

For System Design Interviews:

You can’t beat @alexxubyte’s System Design Interview books

Volume 1 transformed the way I viewed design interviews

I haven’t read volume 2 yet but it looks even more focused on designing online services

amazon.com/System-Design-…

For Behavioral Interviews:

You need to know two things:

1. The STAR method, for how to frame your answers

It breaks down your responses into 4 sections to make the story easier to understand
- Situation
- Task
- Action
- Result

thebalancecareers.com/what-is-the-st…

2. A list of questions to prepare for. Amazon’s 12 leadership principles work great here
aboutamazon.com/about-us/leade…

Dig into your own history to find 12 stories that cover each principles.

You can then adapt those stories to answer almost any behavioral question that comes up

Each of these interview types takes a lot of work to prepare for, but you invest the effort once and it’ll pay you dividends in interviews for years to come.

It’s hard to find a higher ROI activity!

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