Elements of Programming Interviews in Python: The Insiders’ Guide

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Table of Contents

Part I The Interview
Chapter 1 Getting Ready
Chapter 2 Strategies For A Great Interview
Chapter 3 Conducting An Interview

Part II Data Structures And Algorithms
Chapter 4 Primitive Types
Chapter 5 Arrays
Chapter 6 Strings
Chapter 7 Linked Lists
Chapter 8 Stacks And Queues
Chapter 9 Binarytrees
Chapter 10 Heaps
Chapter 11 Searching
Chapter 12 Hash Tables
Chapter 13 Sorting
Chapter 14 Binary Search Tiees
Chapter 15 Recursion
Chapter 16 Dynamic Programming
Chapter 17 Greedy Algorithms And Invariants
Chapter 18 Graphs
Chapter 19 Parallel Computing

Part III Domain Specific Problems
Chapter 20 Design Problems
Chapter 21 Language Questions
Chapter 22 Object-Oriented Design
Chapter 23 Common Tools

Part IV The Honors Class
Chapter 24 Honors Class