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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">my google interview - lessons learned</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;by Tom Goldenberg @medium.com - ] Goldenberg relays the story of landing a google interview as a coding bootcamp graduate</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] READ THE FULL ARTICLE</strong></li> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/@tomgoldenberg/my-google-interview-and-lessons-learned-43109881c521#.fmozo4flt" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@tomgoldenberg/my-google-interview-and-lessons-learned-43109881c521#.fmozo4flt</a></li> </ol></ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2016-05-13</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>] wrote about how struggled with his tech&nbsp;jobsearch after graduating coding bootcamp</li> <li>] mocked by the internet for his mention of google recruiting him, was told he would have no chance of passing&nbsp;interview</li> <li>] took this as a challenge, set up on site interview with googles NYC campus</li> <li>] One of the criticisms of coding bootcamps is that they don&rsquo;t place a strong emphasis on learning algorithms and data structures. This is where I must admit that, alas, my bootcamp education did not prepare me to solve graphing equations or to balance binary trees. What it <strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">did</strong> do was foster a love for coding and building projects. If you ask me to spin up a responsive website or mobile app, I can do it fairly well. But as for solving these types of problems, I was very inexperienced.</li> <li>] studied algorithms, material geared for coding java, didnt know that so&nbsp;used the newest version of javascript(ES6) instead</li> <li>] no pressure to get a google job off, as he already has job, what he learned should be applicable to his current role</li> <li>] found js surprisingly fast (compared to ruby)</li> <li>] interviewed by 5 google employees</li> <li>] in each interview, was given a technical problem and asked to whiteboard a solution</li> <li>] if solution was reached&nbsp;before the 45 minute time limit, was asked to improve the efficiency of the solution</li> <li>] opportunity to ask questions of the interviewer at the end of the interview</li> <li>] some interviews felt like a breeze, while he struggled with others</li> <li>] likewise some interviewers made him feel more 'relaxed', while others took a more 'critical' approach</li> <li>] no job offer</li> <li>] was told that he needed to be 'more consistent'</li> <li>] feels confident in the progress he has made in a month of learning, should be even better in a year</li> <li>] ALSO - going to write a book about learning algorithms and preparing for coding interviews?&mdash;?in JavaScript</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li>] SRC = HN, (86) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11938735" target="_blank">comments</a>&nbsp;(79)</li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>