How I got into Google – Noteworthy - The Journal Blog
The recruiter is your friend too! Before any interview, feel free to ask the recruiter for the format of the interview, expectations, preparation material, general tips, etc. This will really help you focus your attention to specific things because otherwise CS is a vast area to tackle.Start with the general preparation first i.e. taking Udemy courses, YouTube videos, reading articles, etc. Keep the leetcode part to the very end since you will be most effective in your interview if you have coded similar questions recently (within a span of 1 month or so).Do not dedicate a complete week just to coding is what I suggest. Mix it up a little bit. Do some design from time to time. Watch some videos in the middle. Start enjoying the process of learning!For Google specifically, 1 thing which helped me was asking the recruiter to provide me with a Chromebook to code since white boarding can usually get messy for me. The idea was to use the whiteboard to work through the solution and visualize with the interviewer and then finally use the Chromebook to code. Many companies are encouraging this nowadays, you won't know until you ask for it!Sometimes just random net surfing helps. I used to pull up articles of how people cracked their interviews and it helped me on many levels.Read full article from How I got into Google – Noteworthy - The Journal Blog
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