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preparing/cheatsheet.md

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 ### 1. Before Interview
 
-**Do's**
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-- Prepare pen, paper and earphones/headphones.
+|**Do's**|Prepare pen, paper and earphones/headphones.|
-- Find a quiet environment with good Internet connection.
+||Find a quiet environment with good Internet connection.|
-- Stay calm and composed.
+||Stay calm and composed.|
-- Familiarize yourself with the coding environment (CoderPad/CodePen). Set up the coding shortcuts, turn on autocompletion, tab spacing, etc.
+||Familiarize yourself with the coding environment (CoderPad/CodePen). Set up the coding shortcuts, turn on autocompletion, tab spacing, etc.|
-- Dress comfortably. Usually you do not need to wear shirt and tie.
+|| Dress comfortably. Usually you do not need to wear shirt and tie.|
 
 ### 2. Introduction
 
-**Do's**
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-- Introduce yourself in a few sentences under a minute or two.
+|**Do's**|Introduce yourself in a few sentences under a minute or two.|
-- Mention interesting points that are relevant to the role you are applying for.
+||Mention interesting points that are relevant to the role you are applying for.|
-- Sound enthusiastic! Speak with a smile and you will naturally sound more engaging.
+||Sound enthusiastic! Speak with a smile and you will naturally sound more engaging.|
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+|**Don'ts**|Spend too long introducing yourself. The more time you spend talk the less time you have to code.|
-**Don'ts**
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-- Spend too long introducing yourself. The more time you spend talk the less time you have to code.
 
 ### 3. Upon Getting the Question
 
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-- Repeat the question back at the interviewer.
+|**Do's**|Repeat the question back at the interviewer.|
-- Clarify input format and range.
+||Clarify input format and range.|
-- Work through a small example to ensure you understood the question.
+||Work through a small example to ensure you understood the question.|
-- Explain a high level approach even if it is a brute force one.
+||Explain a high level approach even if it is a brute force one.|
-- Improve upon the approach and optimize. Reduce duplicated work and cache repeated computations.
+||Improve upon the approach and optimize. Reduce duplicated work and cache repeated computations.|
-- Think carefully, then state and explain the time and space complexity of your approaches.
+||Think carefully, then state and explain the time and space complexity of your approaches.|
-- If stuck, think about related problems you have seen before and how they were solved. Check out the [tips](../algorithms) in this section.
+||If stuck, think about related problems you have seen before and how they were solved. Check out the [tips](../algorithms) in this section.|
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+|**Don'ts**|Ignore information given to you. Every piece is important.|
-**Don'ts**
+||Jump into coding straightaway.|
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+||Start coding without interviewer's green light.|
-- Ignore information given to you. Every piece is important.
+||Appear too unsure about your approach or analysis.|
-- Jump into coding straightaway.
-- Start coding without interviewer's green light.
-- Appear too unsure about your approach or analysis.
 
 ### 4. During Coding
 
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-- Practice good coding style. Clear variable names, consistent operator spacing, proper indentation, etc.
+|**Do's**|Practice good coding style. Clear variable names, consistent operator spacing, proper indentation, etc.|
-- Defensive coding. Check for nulls, empty collections, etc.
+||Defensive coding. Check for nulls, empty collections, etc.|
-- Explain what you are coding/typing to the interviewer, what you are trying to achieve.
+||Explain what you are coding/typing to the interviewer, what you are trying to achieve.|
-- Type/write at a reasonable speed.
+||Type/write at a reasonable speed.|
-- Write in a modular fashion. Extract out chunks of repeated code into functions.
+||Write in a modular fashion. Extract out chunks of repeated code into functions.|
-- Use the hints given by the interviewer.
+||Use the hints given by the interviewer.|
-- Practice whiteboard space-management skills.
+||Practice whiteboard space-management skills.|
-- Demonstrate mastery of your chosen programming language.
+||Demonstrate mastery of your chosen programming language.|
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+|**Don'ts**|Remain quiet the whole time.|
-**Don'ts**
+||Spend too much time writing comments.|
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+||Use extremely verbose variable names.|
-- Remain quiet the whole time.
+||Copy and paste code without checking.|
-- Spend too much time writing comments.
+||Interrupt your interviewer when they are talking. Usually if they speak, they are trying to give you hints or steer you in the right direction.|
-- Use extremely verbose variable names.
+||Write too big (takes up too much space) or too small (illegible) if on a whiteboard.|
-- Copy and paste code without checking.
-- Interrupt your interviewer when they are talking. Usually if they speak, they are trying to give you hints or steer you in the right direction.
-- Write too big (takes up too much space) or too small (illegible) if on a whiteboard.
 
 ### 5. After Coding
 
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-- Scan through your code for mistakes as if it was your first time seeing code written by someone else.
+|**Do's**|Scan through your code for mistakes as if it was your first time seeing code written by someone else.|
-- Check for off-by-one errors.
+||Check for off-by-one errors.|
-- Come up with more test cases. Try extreme test cases.
+||Come up with more test cases. Try extreme test cases.|
-- Step through your code with those test cases.
+||Step through your code with those test cases.|
-- Look out for places where you can refactor.
+||Look out for places where you can refactor.|
-- Reiterate the time and space complexity of your code.
+||Reiterate the time and space complexity of your code.|
-- Explain trade-offs and how the code/approach can be improved if given more time.
+||Explain trade-offs and how the code/approach can be improved if given more time.|
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+|**Don'ts**|Immediately announce that you are done coding.|
-**Don'ts**
+||Argue with the interviewer.|
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-- Immediately announce that you are done coding.
-- Argue with the interviewer.
 
 ### 6. Wrap Up
 
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-- Ask questions. More importantly, ask good and engaging questions that are tailored to the company! Pick some questions from [this list](../non-technical/questions-to-ask.md).
+|**Do's**|Ask questions. More importantly, ask good and engaging questions that are tailored to the company! Pick some questions from [this list](../non-technical/questions-to-ask.md).|
-- Thank the interviewer.
+||Thank the interviewer.|
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+|**Don'ts**|End the interview without asking any questions.|
-**Don'ts**
+||Ask about your interview performance. It can get awkward.|
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-- End the interview without asking any questions.
-- Ask about your interview performance. It can get awkward.