Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

This is the C++ version of our book. See the website for links to the Java version, as well as to a version that uses larger fonts. Have you ever...

• Wanted to work at an exciting futuristic company?
• Struggled with an interview problem that could have been solved in 15 minutes?
• Wished you could study real-world computing problems?

If so, you need to read Elements of Programming Interviews (EPI).

EPI is your comprehensive guide to interviewing for software development roles.

The core of EPI is a collection of over 250 problems with detailed solutions. The problems are representative of interview questions asked at leading software companies. The problems are illustrated with 200 figures, 300 tested programs, and 150 additional variants.

The book begins with a summary of the nontechnical aspects of interviewing, such as strategies for a great interview, common mistakes, perspectives from the other side of the table, tips on negotiating the best offer, and a guide to the best ways to use EPI. We also provide a summary of data structures, algorithms, and problem solving patterns.

Coding problems are presented through a series of chapters on basic and advanced data structures, searching, sorting, algorithm design principles, and concurrency. Each chapter stars with a brief introduction, a case study, top tips, and a review of the most important library methods. This is followed by a broad and thought-provoking set of problems.

A practical, fun approach to computer science fundamentals, as seen through the lens of common programming interview questions.
Jeff Atwood/Co-founder, Stack Overflow and Discourse

We co-developed algorithms and systems that are used by over one billion people everyday. We have extensive experience with interviewing candidates, making hiring decisions, and being interviewed.

Adnan Aziz is a Research Scientist at Facebook. Previously, he was a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he conducts research and teaches classes in applied algorithms. He received his PhD from The University of California at Berkeley; his undergraduate degree is from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur.

Tsung-Hsien Lee is a Staff Software Engineer at Toyota Research Institute. Previously, he worked at Facebook, Google, and Uber. He received both his MS and undergraduate degrees from National Tsing Hua University. He has a passion for designing and implementing algorithms. He likes to apply algorithms on every aspect of his life.He takes special pride in helping to organize Google Code Jam 2014 and Google Code Jam 2015.