There are plenty of books available in the market to prepare for the programming interview. This book is a really good for the following reasons.

1) Exposes you to a variety of good problems in different area(Data structures,Searching,Sorting,Parallel computing, Design problems,Meta algorithms,Probability...etc)
2) Accurate and neatly written solutions in C++ (Trust me even if you are new to C++ its not a big deal)
3) Improves your algorithmic thinking and programming style (This is what th...

This books has everything required to clear coding interviews of any company. The problems of this textbook are of great quality , this is also followed by explanation and C++ code , so you don't have to refer the internet for answers.It stresses more on application of algorithms.This book is addictive if you like solving algo puzzles.

It is advisable to buy this book atleast six months before your inteviews , so that you have enough time to do all the question.

The best thing about the book is that it has the problem solving pattern part that which helps you in identifying the various kinds of pattern that occur in different problems
The book covers a lot of questions in data stucture essential for any interview
There is seprate section for discrete mathematics and probability
Solution provided in the book are very clear and easy to understand
Book also cover advance topic like parallel computing and interactablity
design problems present in the bo...

I have bought and read all the books out there including :
Cracking the Coding Interview
Top 10 Coding Questions asked at Google
Problems in Algorithms by Ian Parberry(free online)
and believe me this one has more and better content than all of them especially the 1st and 2nd.
Also It uses C++ to demonstrate solutions which is much better language than Java especially for this purposes due to simpler I/O, templates, shorter snippets and some more reasons. Cracking the Coding Interview uses J...

Good set of problems

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This is the best book I have ever come across for programming interviews preparation. It has a superb collection of problems and their solutions. It is a must have!

Go, take a look at it yourself and you wouldn't need a reason to own a copy.

I found a book after a while which would challenge me. Its has good set of problems as well as solutions.

Unlike their previous book, this does not have many mistakes. And whatever minor mistakes it has have been listed on their website.

I use this as a fun puzzle book to keep my mind "in shape" and as practice exercises when learning a new language. It really is enjoyable to read up a problem and then think about it when going to bed or on the way to work. Highly recommended.

Till I bought this book I had no idea about the authors, but trust me once I started going through the chapters, I realized how well the book was organized. I have to be frank though, for a beginner it may take a while to understand the concepts, but for an experienced programmer this book will get you up to speed on the key problems that you will be asked in any interview and possible solutions for it. This is strictly not a design patterns book and I suggest you look elsewhere for it.This b...