Interview-Prep

This directory aims to provide all the materials required to crack an SDE Interview.

What you need

SNo	Topic
1	Fundamentals of DSA, OS, CN and DBMS
2	Load balancing, caching, horizontal and vertical scaling, distributed system, and latency.
3	Distributed storage, distributed computing, consensus algorithm, and its applications.
4	MVC, Observer, Singleton, Factory, and Dependency Injection.
5	Designing APIs and microservices. Loose coupling, separation of concerns, and API versioning. REST, GraphQL, and Message queues.
6	Relational databases and NoSQL databases. Indexing, sharding, replication, and ACID properties.
7	Different system architectures, such as monolithic, microservices, and serverless. Design principles like SOLID, DRY, and KISS.
8	Deep dive into real-world system design case studies.

Tips
- Make notes for last-minute revision
- Understand the concepts in depth, no superficial knowledge
- Check out the most asked interview questions here
- Refer to material in ./CS_Fundamental folder

Strivers Sheet
Refer this GitHub repo for an exhaustive list of topics and resources
Contests and practice on Leetcode and Atcoder
CSES problem set
Good grasp of time and space complexity
Youtube Channels
Tips to approach a DSA problem in an interview :
- Understand the question - Ask clarifying questions, can even ask the interviewer to repeat if it helps
- Brute to Better - Always start with the brute force and make your way up the most optimized version while having a discussion.
- Testing - Test the solution on test cases, chose edge cases, and explain how your code handles them.
- Clean Code - Write clean and structured code with necessary comments and meaningful variables’ names.

2-3 projects with minimal and clean design (unless you are a designer) and priority zero features.
Be sure to deploy your site/app
Portfolio website to showcase your work.
Know the inside out of your projects
Know the answer to the top 50 most asked interview questions on tech stack. Refer InterviewBit, tekeUForward, etc.
Prepare for:
- Introduction
- Why this tech stack?
- Difficulties faced and how did you overcome those?
- Future improvements and ideas for implementation
- Flow of the app
- Learnings
Youtube Channels

Practice mock interviews
- Pramp.com
- interviewing.io
Communicate while you code
Know about the company, do your research
Think of some questions you can ask the interviewer when given the chance.
Practice basic HR questions
- Refer to the designated section in ‘Cracking the Coding Interview’
Read about interview experiences on Medium and Leetcode
Know the STAR format

Some companies ask for puzzles in their interview, but this doesn’t need much specific preparation.
Check out GFG Puzzles to get an idea.
Aptitude - Knowledge Gate