Elements of Programming Interviews  (English, Paperback, Prakash Amit)

Have you ever wanted to work at a futuristic company or struggled with an interview problem that could be solved in fifteen minutes? If yes, then Elements of Programming Interviews is the perfect book for you.

Summary of the Book

The book is a collection of 300 problems with detailed solutions. It includes more than 100 figures and 250 tested programs. The problems are challenging, motivational and accessible, and represent the questions that are asked at interviews at some very exciting companies. The book starts off by introducing the reader to a summary of patterns for data structure, algorithms and problem solving. This will help you solve the most difficult and challenging interview problems. It then moves on to problems on basic and advanced data structures, algorithm design, concurrency, system design, probability and discrete mathematics. All the chapters start with a short review on the key concepts and results. This is followed by a set of questions. The book ends with a summary on the non-technical aspect of interviewing like common mistakes, strategies for a successful interview, perspectives and negotiations for the best offer.

About Amit Prakash

Amit Prakash is the CTO and co-founder of ThoughtSpot Inc. Before this, he worked at Google and Microsoft in the Search and Ads engineering teams. He obtained a PhD from the University of Texas in Austin.

About Adnan Aziz

Adnan Aziz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin. He has received awards like the Fujitsu Research Award, an NSF CAREER Award, an IBM Research Fellowship, and the Synopsys Research Award. 

About Tsung-Hsien Lee

Tsung-Hsien Lee is a Software Engineer at Google. He received his MS and graduate degrees from National Tsing Hua University. His passions include designing and implementing algorithms.