How To Get Better at Coding Interviews

Shake off your nerves, take a deep breath (you got this) and nail your next interview!

So you want to get better at interviewing? It’s all in the approach — this guide is a step by step walkthrough on exactly how to answer coding interview questions from companies like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, or Google.

This article will cover a lot. It’ll walk you through a common technical (whiteboard or non-whiteboard) interview question, and you’ll be exposed to things like:

• The mentality you need to conquer nerves
• Every step to take during the interview
• What patterns to brush up on

And much more. Let’s start by tackling the mental aspects of the interview before the tangible steps to approaching such problems.

Note: this was originally published at https://algodaily.com.

Getting Over Nerves

Software engineering and technical interviews are nerve-wracking. We all know this, but rarely do we ask why.

Why do these kinds of interviews specifically conjure up such dread?

Really, there are few consequences.