Best Books for System Design Interviews
- System Design Interview – An insider’s guide by Alex Xu
- A great starting point for system design interviews, providing a structured framework and covering many common interview questions.
- System Design Interview – An Insider’s Guide: Volume 2 by Alex Xu and Sahn Lam
- A follow-up to the first volume, this book delves into more complex system design topics and provides additional real-world examples.
- Hacking the System Design Interview by Stanley Chiang
- Features real big tech interview questions and in-depth solutions, offering a practical approach to interview preparation.
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
- Often considered the bible of system design, this book provides a deep dive into the principles and practicalities of data systems.
- Software Engineering at Google by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, and Hyrum Wright
- Offers insights into Google’s software engineering practices, covering topics like software design, testing, and code management.
- Fundamentals of Software Architecture by Mark Richards and Neal Ford
- An engineering approach to software architecture, providing a comprehensive overview of architectural patterns and principles.
Best Books for Coding Interviews
- Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne
- A classic textbook on algorithms, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject with examples in Java.
- Introduction to Algorithms, 4th edition by Thomas H. Cormen et al.
- Another classic and comprehensive textbook on algorithms, often referred to as CLRS.
- Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
- A popular book for coding interview preparation, featuring 189 programming questions and solutions.
- The Algorithm Design Manual by Steven S. Skiena
- A practical guide to algorithm design, with a focus on real-world problems.
- Programming Interviews Exposed by John Mongan, Noah Suojanen Kindler, and Eric Giguère
- Provides a step-by-step guide to preparing for and acing programming interviews.
- Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
- A collection of essays on programming, offering insights into the art and science of computer programming.
Best Online Courses for Coding Interviews
- Algorithms, Part I by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne on Coursera
- An introductory course on algorithms, covering fundamental data types, algorithms, and data structures.
- Algorithms, Part II by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne on Coursera
- The second part of the series, focusing on graph and string-processing algorithms.
- Algorithms Specialization by Tim Roughgarden on Coursera
- A four-course specialization covering a wide range of algorithmic topics, from divide and conquer to NP-completeness.
- Data Structures and Algorithms Specialization by UC San Diego on Coursera
- A comprehensive specialization covering algorithmic toolbox, data structures, algorithms on graphs and strings, and advanced algorithms.
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