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The Complete Coding Interview Guide in Java: An effective guide for aspiring Java developers to ace their programming interviews
Explore a wide variety of popular interview questions and learn various techniques for breaking down tricky bits of code and algorithms into manageable chunks Java is one of the most sought-after programming languages in the job market, but cracking the coding interview in this challenging economy might not be easy. This comprehensive guide will help you to tackle various challenges faced in a coding job interview and avoid common interview mistakes, and will ultimately guide you toward landing your job as a Java developer. This book contains two crucial elements of coding interviews - a brief section that will take you through non-technical interview questions, while the more comprehensive part covers over 200 coding interview problems along with their hands-on solutions. This book will help you to develop skills in data structures and algorithms, which technical interviewers look for in a candidate, by solving various problems based on these topics covering a wide range of concepts such as arrays, strings, maps, linked lists, sorting, and searching. You'll find out how to approach a coding interview problem in a structured way that produces faster results. Toward the final chapters, you'll learn to solve tricky questions about concurrency, functional programming, and system scalability. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to solve Java coding problems commonly used in interviews, and will have developed the confidence to secure your Java-centric dream job. This book is for students, programmers, and employees who want to be invited to and pass interviews given by top companies. The book assumes high school mathematics and basic programming knowledge.
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788 pages, Paperback
Published August 28, 2020
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October 19, 2023
At first, I was biased about this book... there is a famous Coding interview book already, right?
But, after reading it, especially working thru problems and pretty much trying g to resolve those, I realized it is so much better. Better than almost everything I've seen before.
At first, there are chapters sharing theory, which is refreshing if you are preparing for an interview. The second part of the book is my favorite - a little bit of theory, then LOTS of practical tasks. Before looking into solutions, try to suggest your own one. I love that all tasks are grouped by topics: like recursion, trees and graphs, arrays and lists, etc.
Overall, this is a great source if you need to prepare for an interview. Even if it's not Java, I did at least half of the tasks in JS. The tasks can be implemented in any language.
But, after reading it, especially working thru problems and pretty much trying g to resolve those, I realized it is so much better. Better than almost everything I've seen before.
At first, there are chapters sharing theory, which is refreshing if you are preparing for an interview. The second part of the book is my favorite - a little bit of theory, then LOTS of practical tasks. Before looking into solutions, try to suggest your own one. I love that all tasks are grouped by topics: like recursion, trees and graphs, arrays and lists, etc.
Overall, this is a great source if you need to prepare for an interview. Even if it's not Java, I did at least half of the tasks in JS. The tasks can be implemented in any language.
September 27, 2020
"The Complete Coding Interview Guide in Java" by Anghel Leonard presents common interviewing processes, techniques and technical questions along with practical advice and Java solutions.
Pros:
All problems come with solution snippets written in Java with full code available on Github for ease of use in your IDE of choice.
It has the theory, challenges and solutions in that order for each chapter, making for a nice flowing read. Other books place the solutions in a separate section, making it harder to browse and casually read.
System Scalability is a important section of an interview. The book covers the theory well in its last chapter, even if it's Java-agnostic, something other books fail to address.
Also contains Java 8+ functional programming exercises.
Cons:
It's worth emphasizing the word "coding" in the title. The book focuses on Java coding questions. Therefore, do not expect coverage for questions such as JDK, JVM, frameworks, memory models, differences between Java versions, etc.
Even if this book is very good for what it is, caution on using it as your single resource for interview preparation. It only covers Java core and algorithms. Chances are, the job you are applying for requires knowing a specific framework, cloud technologies, continuous integration, code versioning and more.
Pros:
All problems come with solution snippets written in Java with full code available on Github for ease of use in your IDE of choice.
It has the theory, challenges and solutions in that order for each chapter, making for a nice flowing read. Other books place the solutions in a separate section, making it harder to browse and casually read.
System Scalability is a important section of an interview. The book covers the theory well in its last chapter, even if it's Java-agnostic, something other books fail to address.
Also contains Java 8+ functional programming exercises.
Cons:
It's worth emphasizing the word "coding" in the title. The book focuses on Java coding questions. Therefore, do not expect coverage for questions such as JDK, JVM, frameworks, memory models, differences between Java versions, etc.
Even if this book is very good for what it is, caution on using it as your single resource for interview preparation. It only covers Java core and algorithms. Chances are, the job you are applying for requires knowing a specific framework, cloud technologies, continuous integration, code versioning and more.
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