Data Structures and Algorithms Bootcamp (Udemy.com)

How to ace your Silicon Valley style coding interview

Created by: Jonathan Rasmusson

Produced in 2021

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What you will learn

  • How to answer commonly asked Silicon Valley style interview questions
  • Demonstrate knowledge and mastery of data structures and algorithms
  • How to pass Silicon Valley style technical interviews
  • Interview confidently
  • Land your dream job

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

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Course Description

This course is about getting you up-to-speed quickly on the fundamental computer science concepts you are going to be expected to know if you want interview at any large Silicon Valley tech company (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, or Spotify).
Topics includeArraysLinked ListsBig O notationStacks & QueuesHash TablesBinary TreesBinary HeapsDynamic Programming & MemoizationBubble Sort / Merge Sort / Quick SortGraphsBreadth First SearchDepth First SearchMore...
What you getWith this course you getOver 115 beautifully hand crafted HD videos walking you through every aspect of how all these data structures and algorithms workPractices questions and personal walkthroughs of the most commonly asked interview questionsMy personal notes on interviews I have personally had with Spotify, Facebook, Amazon, and othersA section called The Classics where we walk through classic interview questions no interviewee should be with outInterview tips on soft skills big tech companies look for when hiring and techniques on how to answerWhat you saveBy investing in yourself with this course you are saving yourself the most precious thing youve got - time. I have spent a year scouring the web looking for the best examples, the simplest explanations, the best visualizations on how to explain how this stuff works, and assembled it all into one, quick, easy to digest place.
Let's do this togetherLearning data structures and algorithms doesnt have to be a chore. It can be fun. And I want you to know I am here for you every step of the way. Ask me any question. I usually get back to my students with 24 hrs. And together, we will get you the understanding behind how these things work. I also dont have a formal computer science backgroundLook. I know what its like not to know how this stuff works. And, like you, I have had to learn this stuff from scratch.
But I am here to tell you it can be done. I have no formal computer science background. I am not classically trained as a computer scientist. But by learning this material, I landed my dream job as an engineer at Spotify in San Francisco. And so can you.
So what are you waiting for? Sign up and get started on your journey today.
TestimonialsHere are some testimonials from students who have taken the course.
Tiffany ScottBest $10 I've ever spent. The explanations are concise and are giving me confidence for my upcoming Microsoft and Facebook interviews. Planning on finishing the course in 4 days to give me ample time to practice problems.
Saif Addin EllafiReally, this will sound like exaggeration. But this course is perfect, 5 stars falls short. The instructor puts the content in a an easy to follow order, videos are short to keep attention and leave you wanting to know more. Concise and important points are made very clear, with zero repetition. Native speaker offers no challenge for understanding, especially if you are not a native speaker. Answers questions very quickly. The course WONT teach you how to program, so forget about 100% coding from scratch or having pedagogical exercises. It relies on you to check out the code, re-write it, practice and research deeper the concepts. Examples are written in Java, but they are very agnostic to the language (aside of having to setup a java environment to run tests). Huge focus on acing interviews. A clear target of the course makes it great and an example. Time and pacing are perfect, no need to slow down or speed up. Overall 10 out of 5.
Anna TeittinenI completed this course in my busy schedule within 3 weeks of learning I will have technical phone interviews with both Google and Facebook. I learned so much and understood everything without memorizing, unlike when I was in school. I recently learned I did well on both phone interviews. I will have a second technical phone interview with both companies again in mid Jan. I highly recommend this course! Thank you very much Jonathan!
Rick AI took your course in the very beginning of my interview prep to refresh all my concepts. I think you've done a great job in this course. After a lot of practice using these concepts I got pretty good at it. I got multiple offers from big N including Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. I would like to take this moment to thank you for creating the course and being available to answer our queries.
Luciano SaAmazing course! Very well explained, great didactic which makes it very easy to follow and understand! I wish these stars were exponential. :)Kavitha BhaskerI am really thankful I found this course on Udemy. It has been 15 years since I learnt these concepts during my engineering college days and needed to brush up on them for interview prep. This course really nailed the contents and exercise that are asked in tech interviews these days. The tone of the instructor is very friendly and calm and make you think rather than put you in a spot. I was asked for a interview query on whether to use an array vs hashmap in a certain scenario and was able to nail the answer and also give the Time complexity with confidence . I landed the job and will be starting next week. Thank you so much!
Eyal CarmiGreat. I like the that Jonathan filters what we actually need for an interview - instead of being flood with lot's of data, he notes you what worth remembering. His explanations are clear, and if you don't understand something, just ask him and he explains it to you.
Flavio Marques Migowski CarvalhoOne of the best course I've had. It's very well explained, each step in the coding is shown and explained with drawings. I think some design and architecture problems would be very handy! Thank you for making this course for us!
Adam MendozaBest course I've seen to brush up on algorithms and data structures to prepare for an interview at competitive companies. Really, a class apart.
MadhuI love the course overall. Very engaging. The Instructor, Jonathan is a great mentor and has this calm and assuring voice that puts the confidence in anyone who does not have programming experience before. He not only covered the technical aspects of almost all the important algorithms but also added a great ending with the interviewing tips which is really helpful. I would recommend this course to everyone who want to brush up on algorithms and just be ready enough to start with their interview.
Juwan Turner-HowardI can program. I thought I "knew" about arrays, but this helping me to know the why which can allow me to make better tradeoffs when it's time to choose between linkedlist(probably O(n) get and set time) versus the O(1) array get and set time. If the rest of the course is consistent with the style and value of information in this first module... whew... I'm in for a good ride. So happy and excited about this course thus far though.
Aung Khant NyraI would say Jonathan has done a great job of showing you how to prepare for interview problems by giving you a touch of basic data structures and a bird's eye view of the a typical interview. I am in the bay area and personally

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Instructor Details

Jonathan Rasmusson

Jonathan is an experienced software engineer who has helped some of the worlds most innovative companies ship software.
As an Engineer atSpotify in Stockholm Sweden, Jonathan was a part of the teamresponsible for bringing Spotify to the Sony Playstation as well as car withBMW, Ford, and Telsa.
In San Francisco Jonathan helped build integrations that brought Spotify to Apple iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and Twitter.
While at Microsoft, Jonathan worked with the Progressive Architecture Team to develop a Microsoft Smart Client Architecture Guide and Application Block.
And while working as a consultant at ThoughtWorks, Jonathanhelped companies in the energy (British Petroleum), finance (AMP Capital), andautomotive (Toyota) industries all take their first tentative steps into Agile software delivery.
Jonathan is the author of two top sellingbooks: The Agile Samurai, The Way of the Web Tester, And Competing With Unicorns.

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Reviews

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By Lilian Mburu on 12/20/2020

A little light on the Big O notation at least for someone new to this way of thinking... the explanation is a bit light and has some gaps on how to compute things

By Manuel Rivera on 12/20/2020

Overall great course! Most explanations were really good and allowed me to understand a lot of concepts I struggled with very quickly. I really liked the examples and the initial way of trying to add functions to algorithms to understand them better. Some concepts weren't as thorough so had to review a few fundamentals again to fully get the total picture, but overall great course!

By Khasim Sirshad on 12/13/2020

I would say that is the only course needed to prepare for a Data structures and Algorithms interview. Very engaging presentation and voice, nice exercises to ensure the learning.

By Siddharth Dasgupta on 12/13/2020

This has been really helpful to prepare for the interview.

By Kathy Saad on 11/26/2020

So far, everything is explained in a way I can easily understand.

By Ashish on 11/22/2020

Overall training is really good. very precise.

By QA Trainee on 11/20/2020

I have experience with C#, a little experience with Java, and very little knowledge of Data Structures, and this a great course for me.

By Kyle Abrahams on 11/1/2020

Amazing and super easy to understand, i feel confident solving and understanding leetcode problems now.
Thank you!

By GUDIVADA SAI NIKHILA on 10/22/2020

good

By LailaElhattab on 10/21/2020

The course's concepts are explained quite clearly: I'm really enjoying it.

By Debra Lynne Simpson on 10/21/2020

One of the most useful courses I've ever taken on Udemy. This solidified my knowledge in a very efficient way, and I'd highly recommend this course to anyone, particularly those gearing up for programming interviews.

By Rahul Saxena on 10/21/2020

I was expecting to have more data structures like hash map and linked Hashmap which are missing here.
I really liked the author and he is replying on queries in short amount of time that is really impressive.
The content we have is clear but I think more content should be included