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In this take-no-prisoners, violate-no-NDAs podcast interview, Greg talks about:
- The one topic Brian told him to study the day before his interview that paid off
- Building PaperPile, an academic paper management tool
- Making the transition from majoring in biology in undergrad to software engineering
- The “oh crap” moment when he realized he had his first ever programming interview coming up
- How getting a PhD was totally worth it
- How he spent his time preparing for his Google interview:
- Preparing for behavioral questions using the CTCI prep grid
- Using the CFI book list and working through:
- What it will be like to start his first software engineering job
This is the episode I wish I had back when I did my first interviews.
Thanks Greg!
EDIT: Reader Hao asked a great question about some resources for Javascript “gotchas”. Two of my favorites are JS scope, JS pass-by-*, and Hao suggests JS Gotchas