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Steve, thanks so much for writing this. Used it as a prep guide for my interviews - algorithm design manual rocks, I used it with the author's other book 'Programming Challenges'.
Reading this post really helped me deserialize knowledge that was stored away in my brain from college, and made all the difference in the world.
I interviewed in Manhattan, and due to a flight delay arrived 4 hours before my interview instead of the night before. This was a nightmare, sleep deprived and barely operating on fumes thanks to copious amounts of coffee, without using this article to manage my preparation - I surely would have gone down in flames. (esp with regards to the pointers on long term and short term prep. Warming my cache 30 min beforehand with some graph problems really paid off.)
I write this on the same day I accepted my offer, thanks for providing me advice on how best to focus my efforts. Looking forward to engineering orientation!
Oct 12, 2009, 7:37:23 PM
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