Cracking the Coding Interview gives you the interview prep you need to land the top software developer jobs. Author Gayle Laakmann is the founder of CareerCup, and has worked as engineer at Microsoft, Google and Amazon, and has interviewed and received offers from many more companies (Goldman Sachs, IBM, CapitalIQ, etc). She was deeply involved with the hiring process at several companies, and brings her wealth of experience to candidates.

This book will give you 308 pages of interviewing advice, including:

• 150 question and solutions written by experts: From binary trees to binary search, this list of 150 questions includes the most common and most useful questions in data structures, algorithms, and knowledge based questions.
  
• Five proven approaches to solving tough algorithm questions: These five approaches offer candidates specific direction for developing tough algorithms. It's not guess work - learn how to approach problems logically, and in a way that impresses your interviewer!
  
• Ten Mistakes Candidates Make -- And How to Avoid Them: Don't lose your dream job by making these common mistakes Learn what many candidates do wrong, and how to avoid these issues.
  
• Steps to Prepare for Behavioral and Technical Questions: Stop meandering through an endless set of questions, while missing some of the most important preparation techniques Follow these steps to more thoroughly prepare in less time.
  
• Interview War Stories: A View from the Interviewer's Side: Humorous but instructive stories from our interviewers show you how some can- didates really fl opped on the most important question - and how you can avoid doing the same.
  

The CareerCup Official Interview Book will give you the help you need to pass that interview!

Gayle Laakmann's interviewing expertise comes from vast experience on both sides of the desk. She has completed Software Engineering interviews with - and received offers from - Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Goldman Sachs, Capital IQ, and a number of other firms.

Of these top companies, she has worked for Microsoft, Apple and Google, where she gained deep insight into each company's hiring practices.

Most recently, Gayle spent three years at Google as a Software Engineer and was one of the company's lead interviewers. She interviewed over 120 candidates in the U.S. and abroad, and led much of the recruiting for her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.

Additionally, she served on Google's Hiring Committee, where she reviewed each candidate's feedback and made hire / no-hire decisions. She assessed over 700 candidates in that role, and evaluated hundreds more resumes.

In 2005, Gayle founded CareerCup.com to bring her wealth of experience to candidates around the world. Launched first as a free forum for interview questions, CareerCup now offers a book, a video and mock interviews.

Gayle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's and a master's degree in Computer Science.