Why I studied full-time for 8 months for a Google interview
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Web development and software engineering
You may not see web development and software engineering as different positions. Both involve programming and craftsmanship, but software engineering adds to it the knowledge of data structures and algorithms, compiled languages, memory considerations, and understanding the impact of coding and architecture decisions on the machines where they reside.
Large companies that hire for software engineering positions expect candidates to have this knowledge.
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Why Google?
- Google rewards merit, encourages big ideas and gives employees the freedom to make good decisions for the user.
- The hiring process is calibrated to bring in smart, passionate people.
- Managers don’t micro-manage. They trust engineers to make the right decisions. Managers can’t unilaterally, hire, fire, or promote. Many of the important management decisions that could be perceived as office politics are handled by a committee to remove that danger.
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Preparing for a Google interview
- Stop reading books and watching videos and start coding problems. This will make you able to spend more time applying the topics you've learned.
- Spaced repetition is the key to memorization. Once you learn something, review it again later, and again even later. At each repetition, you reinforce your learning.
- Spending hours and hours at one time on priority queues won’t make you an expert. You become an expert by revisiting and reviewing over time. If you do so, you’ll get to the point where can’t forget details.
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