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### [Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-coding-interview?aff=x23W)
This course by Educative expands upon the questions on the recommended practice questions but approaches the practicing from a questions pattern perspective, which is an approach I also agree with for learning and have personally used to get better at coding interviews. The course allows you to practice selected questions in Java, Python, C++, JavaScript and also provides sample solutions in those languages. **Learn and understand patterns, not memorize answers!** [**Join today for a 10% discount →**](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-coding-interview?aff=x23W)
This course on Educative expands upon the questions on the recommended practice questions but approaches the practicing from a questions pattern perspective, which is an approach I also agree with for learning and have personally used to get better at coding interviews. The course allows you to practice selected questions in Java, Python, C++, JavaScript and also provides sample solutions in those languages. **Learn and understand patterns, not memorize answers!** [**Join today for a 10% discount →**](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-coding-interview?aff=x23W)
### [Master the Coding Interview: Data Structures + Algorithms](https://fxo.co/DQpY)
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I really don't think one needs to attend a course on behavioral interviews, but your mileage may vary. I've seen candidates get rejected for failing the behavioral round even though they did super well on the coding and system design interviews. If you want to take a course on behavioral interviews, I'd recommend the following courses:
- ["Behavioral Interviews" by Exponent](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/behavioral?ref=techinterviewhandbook) - While Exponent also has courses on technical content, what really makes them stand out from the other interview preparation platform is their availability of content for non-software engineering roles such as Product Management and Product Marketing. Their behavioral interview course is a mix of videos (by the Exponent CEO himself!) and text, going through the most common questions and imparting you with techniques to help you ace the interview. To top it off, they also have an interview question bank for behavioral questions with responses from the platform's helpful community. While the subscription might be a little pricey for just the behavioral interviews content, they also offer quality technical content for [System Design](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/system-design-interview?ref=techinterviewhandbook), [Data Structures](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/swe-practice?ref=techinterviewhandbook) and [Algorithms](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/algorithms?ref=techinterviewhandbook). The convenience of a one-stop platform which covers all aspects of technical interview preparation is very enticing.
- ["Grokking the Behavioral Interview" by Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-behavioral-interview?aff=x23W) - As usual, this course by Educative is text-based and they believe that text-based courses are the more efficient than video courses. One thing that stands out about this course is that they teach you **patterns** for behavioral interviews, not just about memorizing questions and preparing answers.
- ["Grokking the Behavioral Interview" on Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-behavioral-interview?aff=x23W) - As per other courses on Educative, this course is text-based and they believe that text-based courses are the more efficient than video courses. One thing that stands out about this course is that they teach you **patterns** for behavioral interviews, not just about memorizing questions and preparing answers.
If you have been out of college for a while, it is highly advisable to review Computer Science fundamentals—Algorithms and Data Structures. Personally, I prefer to review as I practice, so I scan through my college notes and review the various algorithms as I work on algorithm problems from LeetCode. If you are looking for a central place to revise, here are some resources:
- [The Algorithms and Data Structures Interview Crash Course](https://www.educative.io/courses/algorithms-ds-interview?aff=x23W), a course by Educative which is estimated to take 12h to complete
- [AlgoMonster](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1873647&u=3114753&m=114505&urllink=&afftrack=), one of the most efficient way to study and practice for coding interviews
- [The Algorithms and Data Structures Interview Crash Course](https://www.educative.io/courses/algorithms-ds-interview?aff=x23W), a course on Educative which is estimated to take 12h to complete
- [AlgoMonster](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1873647&u=3114753&m=114505&urllink=&afftrack=), one of the most efficient ways to study and practice for coding interviews
- [Master the Coding Interview: Data Structures + Algorithms on Udemy](https://fxo.co/DQpY)
- [DSA Revision](https://dsarevision.com/) - Free 100-page PDF with question patterns and example questions
- [Top 50 Data Structure and Algorithms Interview Questions for Programmers](https://medium.com/javarevisited/50-data-structure-and-algorithms-interview-questions-for-programmers-b4b1ac61f5b0)
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### Identify question patterns
As of writing, LeetCode has thousands of questions available. Which should you practice? It is not a good use of time to practice too many questions as after a while, you will realize that some questions are variants of one another and involve using similar techniques you've seen before. The trick here is to identify the question pattern and techniques you can use to solve variants of this question. Once you're familiar with a pattern, you'll be able to solve dozens of similar problems. Some techniques include - sliding window, two pointers, matrix traversal. The ["Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions" course by Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-coding-interview?aff=x23W) shows you even more techniques and is highly recommended.
As of writing, LeetCode has thousands of questions available. Which should you practice? It is not a good use of time to practice too many questions as after a while, you will realize that some questions are variants of one another and involve using similar techniques you've seen before. The trick here is to identify the question pattern and techniques you can use to solve variants of this question. Once you're familiar with a pattern, you'll be able to solve dozens of similar problems. Some techniques include - sliding window, two pointers, matrix traversal. The ["Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions" course on Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-coding-interview?aff=x23W) shows you even more techniques and is highly recommended.
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## Quality courses
- ["Grokking the System Design Interview" by Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview?aff=x23W) - This is probably the most famous system design interview course on the internet and what makes it different from most other courses out there is that it is purely text-based, which is great for people who refer reading over watching videos (such as myself!). It contains a repository of the popular system design problems along with a glossary of system design basics. I've personally completed this course and have recommended many others to use this. Highly recommended!
- ["Grokking the System Design Interview" on Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview?aff=x23W) - This is probably the most famous system design interview course on the internet and what makes it different from most other courses out there is that it is purely text-based, which is great for people who refer reading over watching videos (such as myself!). It contains a repository of the popular system design problems along with a glossary of system design basics. I've personally completed this course and highly recommended many others to use this.
- ["System Design Interview Course" by Exponent](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/system-design-interview?ref=techinterviewhandbook) - This course covers system designs basics and has a huge database of popular system design questions with videos of mock interviews. Some of the questions have text answers and a database schema and APIs for reference (which I find helpful). While the subscription might be a little pricey for just the system design interviews content, they also offer quality technical content for [Data Structures](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/swe-practice?ref=techinterviewhandbook), [Algorithms](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/algorithms?ref=techinterviewhandbook) and [Behavioral Interviews](https://www.tryexponent.com/courses/behavioral?ref=techinterviewhandbook). The convenience of a one-stop platform which covers all aspects of technical interview preparation is very enticing.
- ["Grokking the Advanced System Design Interview" by Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-adv-system-design-intvw?aff=x23W) - I haven't tried this but it's by the same people who created "Grokking the System Design Interview", so it should be good! In my opinion you probably wouldn't need this unless you're very senior or going for a specialist position.
- ["Grokking the Advanced System Design Interview" on Educative](https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-adv-system-design-intvw?aff=x23W) - I haven't tried this but it's by the same people who created "Grokking the System Design Interview", so it should be good! In my opinion you probably wouldn't need this unless you're very senior or going for a specialist position.
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