Coding Interview Patterns: Nail Your Next Coding Interview

I used this to help me prep for software interviews. Solid book that delivers on what they say - general patterns to help you identify and follow a general approach for a handful of different problem types - and a lot of examples and practice problems for each, with solutions online for many. It helped me a lot, both to get practice reps and to just improve my approach and confidence. If you were to get just 1 "leetcode" or coding interview book I'd recommend this one. Their books on System Design are even better, in my opinion.

The book is fantastic for brushing up on data structures and algorithms, especially if you’re preparing for coding interviews. It’s a refreshing take on coding interview prep, with a friendly tone and lots of visuals that make it approachable. This is probably the best option out there for beginners, intermediates, or anyone looking to revise core DSA knowledge, but it might not fully satisfy readers looking for advanced theory or entirely new material. Highlights: - Wide variety of problems. - The solutions go above and beyond, solving each problem alongside the reader. - Perfect for visual learners with loads of detailed diagrams. - The book focuses on patterns, helping readers apply what they learn to other problems. - Has additional features like a website to practice problems on. Shortcomings: - It doesn’t cover advanced topics like NP-completeness, or cutting-edge algorithms. - The problems themselves largely align with those on competitive coding sites. - The code itself is fine but only Python is provided in the book. Overall, this is an exceptional resource for beginners and intermediates. The emphasis on patterns, clear explanations, and thoughtful diagrams makes it a standout among DSA books. While it’s not targeted at advanced readers, as someone who's done over 200 leetcode problems, I found this extremely useful as a quick way to prepare for interviews. Some other materials I recommend: - Leetcode discussions - Neetcode videos - Cracking the coding interview book - coding-interview-university github repo - Most importantly, practice coding daily

This is perfect for studying data structures and algorithms. I'm a data engineer and have done many technical interviews. The language and examples in this book are so clear and it is organized perfectly to help you identify and understand common patterns that you will encounter during technical interviews.

Good book for coding. All the illustrations of the pattern are quite helpful. Make learning code easier and more fun.

As the author states in the books, many of these problems are from popular websites. I spent an hour and skimmed the whole book to get a general idea of the contents. The concepts and the approach are good, just like the author's previous books. The only knock I have against this book is the code examples are in Python, which in my opinion, seems to lower the intelligence of a developer and should be avoided for books like this. The quality of the code samples makes me feel like I'm going back in time to read them and the way method and variables names are written is (excuse my language) 'cringe'. Python has its place, just not here, in my opinion.

The most comprehensive coding interview prep material out there! Not only does this book cover fundamental programming concepts, but it also provides step-by-step instructions on how to tackle interview challenges and questions based around them. So you not only get a sense of the patterns and structures of coding questions in interviews, you understand the patterns in which the interviewer expects you to answer them. There are also little snippets of interview tips throughout the book that provides general interview tips. I got it to prepare myself for my job search, and having read this book I nailed my first coding round! 10/10 recommend to people looking to get brush up and sharpen their coding interview skills!

For being an informative book, I would say this is actually a really interesting read. It's also quite practical (you can apply a lot of the content to Leetcode) and it's actually a pretty easy read given the complexity of the subject. It's one of my favorite books that I've bought.

I picked up Alex and Shaun's Coding Interview Patterns on Saturday morning and was immediately hooked! As a software engineer prepping for interviews, I found this book to be exactly what I needed. The explanations are crystal-clear, and the tips are incredibly helpful. I spent the entire day absorbed in the book and working through the Chapter 1 problems on the companion website. This chapter focuses on the "Two Pointers" technique, and I was impressed by how effectively the authors break down this concept. I'm excited to dive deeper into the remaining chapters and will share further updates on my progress. Great work, Alex and Shaun!"

I will be honest; I have been running away from algorithms for the past 10 years and I struggled with even solving the easy leetcode problems. I bought this book because while I have other sources on learning leetcode patterns, it does not allow me to make my own notes directly on the material itself. I also find it useful understand all the little details on how the patterns work and extend this knowledge to go solve problems in an actual coding interview. I would highly recommend this book for anyone trying to start building their problem-solving toolkit on solving interview questions.

This is by far superior source compared to neetcode or algoexpert. The explanations are superb, and it was easy to read. I think the Dynamic Programming section lacked some details. For example, the explanation how to go from top-down to bottom-up was akward. Something about reversing the order was mentioned instead of just explaining the topological order. Also, if you are completely new to algos and want to prepare for coding interviews, don't use this book first. Start with 'Introduction to Algorithms' course from MIT, then this book with LeetCode Premium. Find the same questions from the book on leetcode and implement it in your language, read both explanations from the book and leetcode editorial, and you will know everything there is to a given problem.

Great resource, re-read every now and then

Très bon livre pour se préparer, notamment à des entretiens. Différents thèmes y sont abordés, les illustrations aident à comprendre les concepts qui sont présentés. A noter que ce livre est en anglais.

Printing of the product is extremely bad, it is unreadable. The ink is too dim. Unfortunately, my return window is closed or else I would have asked for a refund.