Special Situations — Cracking the Coding Interview

Few points about the second chapter “Special Situations” of book “Cracking the Coding Interview”.

Reference

The chapter “Special Situations” is picked from Cracking the Coding Interview book written by Gayle Laakmann McDowell.

Highlights

Testers and SDETs

• SDETs : They have to be great coders and great testers. Double the prep work!
• If you are hoping to apply to an SDET position as the “easy” way into a company, be aware that many candidates find it vary difficult to move from as SDET position to a dev position.

Dev Lead and Managers

• Dev leads and managers are almost needs strong coding and algorithms skills with following

1. Team work/ Leaderships
2. Communication
3. Prioritizations
4. Getting things done

Startups

• The application process: mostly through personal referral
• Visas and Work Authorization: Unfortunately, many smaller startups in the US are not able to sponsor work visas.
• Resume Selection Factors: smart + code + entrepreneurial + resume + projects
• The Interview Process: They likely to assess your skills with specific programming language. And pay special attention to the behavioural questions.

1. Personality Fit
2. Skill Set
3. Experience

Note

It is really not possible to conclude all the points of “Special Situations” chapter in an article. Reading full chapter is recommended.

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