Hello there, my name is Nikolay, I am a web developer. In this article, I want to share my experience of visiting “Interviewing at Facebook: Crush your coding interview” meetup. In Facebook interview usually divided into 4–5 parts. Interview parts Coding interview(Online) Coding interview Design interview Behavior interview Goals of coding interview How you think and tackle hard problems How you consider engineering (memory vs time) trade-offs How you in English about technical problems communicate of what you know Limits Don’t feel bad if you don’t get all the answers right Data Structures and algorithms , not memorize Implement Discuss complexity(space and time trade-offs) Common library functions are fair game Specific questing about concepts are rare Unless you claim to be an expert or need the concept Format of a coding interview Intro Learn about your interviewer and share your past experiences Coding Majority of the time spent completing coding questions Don't worry if the interviewer stops you in the middle of a question to move on! Questions might have to follow up components based on your implementation Be prepared to test your code, discuss how it works and analyze its performance Phone screens use an online collaborative editor(but we don't run any code!) Steps to a successful interview the question back to your interviewer to ensure you fully understand what’s being asked. Repeat Ask questions about edge cases. Take your time to think about a solution before coding Start coding while explaining your entire thought process. It's encouraged to talk out loud. Don't worry if you run into trouble! Feel free to ask your interviewer for a hint. Run through your solution with . Continue talking out loud. test cases Iterate - how can you do better with runtime/memory. A few examples of coding tasks Given an array in which every number is between 1 and N, determine if there are any duplicates(Task level - Easy). Given a tree, determine if it is a binary search tree(Task level - Medium). Example of coding interview Final Tips Practice on a whiteboard Leave whitespace between questions Time yourself For phone screens, go somewhere quiet with a good internet connection Use headphones to free your hands for coding Follow me on Twitter - Have a nice day :) https://twitter.com/sybrikN (Photo by Charles 🇵🇭 on Unsplash )

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