Technical Interview Help
My dream is to work at Google some day. I started my career in the restaurant and non-profit industries and switched into tech by completing a boot camp. I'm now 4 years into my career and I feel behind. I know I shouldn't compare myself to others and I also know that it takes me longer to grasp technical concepts, but I still have this feeling that I should be farther along technically. I have a good job now, I'm very thankful. It affords me to live comfortably and travel when I want and buy the things I need and want. My work hours are flexible and I don't personally find the work super demanding of my time outside of regular work hours. BUT, I'm comfortable. And I know in order to actually grow my technical skills as a developer I know I need to get a job outside of Fin"Tech" and be more challenged. However, I keep failing technical interviews - that I believe I should be passing for my "level". What other methods are there to study / understand these difficult concepts. I just feel like there are gaps in my knowledge. Even when algorithms are explained on Youtube I find the answers unnatural and don't think I would come up with that solution on my own. I've looked into Interview Kickstart to see if it's worth it but I think I would benefit from more of an instructor-lead / mentor approach. - Studying preparation: AlgoExpert, Youtube, LeetCode, CTCI book - 2 interviews: rejected for failing technical problems (then stopped interviewing bc of failures) #engineering #technicalinterviews #software #swe
UCSD has a great course on coursera. Foundation is important here
You will be better off if you stop comparing yourself to others. Donโt just be another rat in the rat race. You could do 1000 LC problems and still fail a FAANG interview. It sounds like you have a good gig, try to enjoy life outside of work more and connect more with people around you.
Even when algorithms are explained on Youtube I find the answers unnatural and don't think I would come up with that solution on my own. <โ- Omkar at interview kickstarter is best at dealing with this but you wonโt get classes by him, just recordings , whether it is good enough or not is up to you
CTCI is shit. It won't get you anywhere. Start with the course below and then master the data structures. You will be way way better off in 3 months than using CTCI Course: https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-coding-interview-patterns-python Thank me later