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How Long Do You Have to Solve Technical Questions? 14 Nov 2011 | 03:52 pm
Before telling you how long you have to solve technical questions, let me ask you a question. Your math teacher assigns you a problem. It takes you 5 minutes to solve it. Is that quick or slow? Hope...
Signed copies of Cracking the Coding Interview v5 – this week only! 13 Sep 2011 | 06:13 am
By popular demand, for a very limited time, we will be offering signed copies of Cracking the Coding Interview, 5th Edition. The copies can either be shipped to you (via standard US mail) or picked u...
Okay, folks, here’s how the Google interview process really works 7 Sep 2011 | 03:09 pm
Somehow, many candidates have gotten the impression that the interview process is some elaborate system, and if their process is different from their friend’s, it must be a reason for it. The truth i...
Officially on sale! Cracking the Coding Interview, 5th Edition 1 Sep 2011 | 05:19 am
Above image not to scale. The 3D book making software does not understand book length. The 5th edition of the best-selling programming interview prep book, Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programm...
Ask Gayle: How do you negotiate offers for the big companies? 22 Apr 2011 | 05:12 am
Gayle, I recently got an offer from a major software company, but it’s not quite what I was hoping for. How can I negotiate my offer? ~ PV First of all, you’re off to a great start by just trying t...
Interested in Amazon Montreal? Special offer for CareerCup users 6 Apr 2011 | 11:59 am
Hey Montreal folk - Interested in Amazon and looking for a way in? We’ve got a great offer just for CareerCup users. Amazon is conducting a Hiring Event (mostly last Week of April, Thu Apr 28, Fri A...
Why You Got Rejected — Even Though You Thought You Did Well 2 Apr 2011 | 12:40 pm
Ever walk out an interview thinking “I nailed that!”, only to discover that you got rejected? Or, conversely, think you bombed, but then you proceed to the next round anyway? The truth is that it’s i...
More than a number: How much does Google care about GPA? 23 Jan 2011 | 06:02 am
Gayle, I’m currently a junior at Cal Poly, and my GPA isn’t great. I estimate when I graduate it’ll be between a 2.7 and 3.1. Will that put me out of the running for Google and Microsoft? Do those co...
What’s the “Right” Programming Language for an Interview? 20 Jan 2011 | 01:39 am
Hi Gayle, Does it matter what language you use in an interview with Google/Facebook/Amazon? Most of my recent experience has been with C# and thats the language I’m most comfortable with. I do have p...
Less Is More: How I Cut My Resume To One Page 4 Jan 2011 | 06:13 am
I (very) recently wrote about Eight Reasons Why You Need a One Page Resume. As an example of how you can cut down your resume, I wanted to provide an illustration of how you can, in fact, fit a lot o...
