10 Golden Heuristics for Solving a Coding Question in an Interview

In recent years, the process of preparing for coding interviews has become more challenging. With access to huge sets of difficult coding problems and an increasingly competitive interview process, it is no longer enough to simply brush up on key data structures and work through a few practice questions. <blockquote> In this post, I would like to share the strategy that I use to prepare for coding interviews. </blockquote> I have been working as a software engineer for around 15 years, during which time I have changed jobs five times. I have been through around 30 interview loops, comprising over 120 interviews, and have also had the opportunity to sit on the other side of the table and take over 200 coding interviews and 100 <a href="https://levelup.gitconnected.com/system-design-interview-survival-guide-2023-preparation-strategies-and-practical-tips-ba9314e6b9e3" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">system design interviews</a>. Even though I consider myself to be a reasonably smart engineer, I have found it challenging to solve coding problems on a whiteboard, particularly in an interview setting where I am being evaluated. To overcome this, I have devoted a significant amount of time to preparation and practice. I follow a systematic approach, working through 12–15 questions for two hours each day. This allows me to solve over 350 problems within a month. Using this routine, I have been successful in my interviews with the FAANG companies (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google). <a href="https://levelup.gitconnected.com/10-golden-heuristics-for-solving-a-coding-question-in-an-interview-c39c3b75aaf">Click Here</a>