Algorithms, Puzzles and the Technical Interview

Coding Blocks

Allen Underwood, Michael Outlaw, Joe Zack

Education, Careers, Business, Technology, How To

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2015

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we discuss algorithms, puzzles and how to approach them when asked to solve one in the interview process. We discuss many of the problems programmers face when being asked to solve these types of problems as well as steps to alleviate some of these common issues. We also provide a number of resources for sharpening your problem solving skills as well as a number of resources, and of course our favorite tips!

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0:24.4	With that I'm Alan Underwood and welcome to cutting blocks I'm Joe Zach.
0:31.3	And I'm Michael Outlaw.
0:32.3	Yeah that's good. And I'm Michael Outlaw.
0:32.6	Yeah, that's good.
0:33.6	All right.
0:37.2	Awesome.
0:38.2	So starting off with a little bit of news here.
0:40.8	Have a bunch of things we want to mention to you but we'll get them quickly.
0:45.0	First of all, our pal and the joiner pointed us towards Swan SeaCon and not sure if I'm saying that right.
0:51.0	But it's actually an agile development software craftsmanship
0:54.6	conference in Swansea South Wales, September 7th and 8th. And they've got some
1:00.8	really cool talks like Architecture v Code and treat your code like a crime scene and my favorite one refactoring Mount Doom.
1:08.0	So when they say like treat your code like a crime scene does that mean they just point blame?
1:13.0	Yeah, it plays blame everywhere. I just imagine like Dexter
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