Preparing for a Technical Interview: An Interview with Sam Gavis-Hughson of Byte-by-Byte
It is my great pleasure to welcome Sam Gavis-Hughson of Byte-by-Byte as the second guest on the "LucidProgramming Podcast".
Sam is the founder of Byte-by-Byte, a company dedicated to helping software engineers interview for technical roles. Sam’s students have landed jobs at companies including Amazon, Uber, Bloomberg, and many more. Sam is the author of “Dynamic Programming for Interviews”, which is an ebook to help anyone master the concept of dynamic programming. If this is a subject that you find intimidating or struggle, I encourage to download this book. The link for this will be in the show notes.
Sam graduated from Princeton and majored in computer science and during this time was also involved in other non-computer science hobbies such as singing in an acapella group.
In what little free time Sam probably has, he also volunteers as a mentor to high school students to prepare them for technical interviews.
In addition to this podcast, you can find out more about Sam and what he is currently doing on his website that will be linked in the show notes.
This video is part of a podcast series on this channel. The playlist for which can be accessed here:
http://bit.ly/lp_podcast
Show Notes:
@0:00 Introduction and Overview of Sam.
@3:00 Sam's advice for preparing for interviews after graduating from a computer science program.
@6:15 The 80/20 principle and how to effectively apply this to technical interviews.
@9:00 Process for breaking down a complex technical problem.
@11:50 Getting unstuck during a technical interview.
@15:40 Why do you want to get that job at Google?
@19:40 Sam's reasons for starting a business and leaving the 9-5.
@24:50 When did Sam make the decision to switch over full-time to Byte-by-Byte?
@27:45 Dealing with the isolation of being an entrepreneur.
@32:25 Sam's opinion on the way in which technical interviews are structured.
@38:30 Changing environment to keep focused.
@39:50 Advice for students graduating from a computer science degree.
@42:25 Sam's choice of influential books.
@46:12 Outro and more information about Sam.
Relevant Links:
Byte-by-Byte website:
https://www.byte-by-byte.com/
Byte-by-Byte blog:
https://www.byte-by-byte.com/blog/
"How to use Cracking the Coding Interview effectively" blog post (mentioned @15:00):
https://www.byte-by-byte.com/how-to-u...
"How to keep making progress while prepping for your coding interviews" (mentioned @15:00):
https://www.byte-by-byte.com/stuck-st...
Byte-by-Byte YouTube Channel:
/ @bytebybyte
Byte-by-Byte Dynamic Programming e-book:
https://www.byte-by-byte.com/dpbook/
Byte-by-Byte coaching services:
https://www.byte-by-byte.com/coaching/
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