The document discusses strategies for preparing for coding interviews, highlighting the importance of understanding company-specific expectations and practicing coding problems. It provides a framework for time management based on the preparation timeline, ranging from less than two days to over a week. Additionally, it includes a coding problem example related to maximizing profit from stock prices.

3. Ted Xiao, EECS MS ‘16
50+ Coding Interviews
Too many hours preparing...

4. ● You’re nervous about your first coding interview
● You want to pick up some tips and tricks
● You’re ready to land your dream internship / job

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How much time do you
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<2 days 2 - 7 days 1 week +
What should you do? Review concepts and
research what the
company asks (Glassdoor,
/r/cscareerquestions)
Review concepts,
create a cheat sheet,
do practice problems
Review concepts, learn
gaps in knowledge,
create a cheat sheet,
do a lot of problems

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25. The cost of a stock on each day is given in an array, find the max profit that you
can make by buying and selling in those days. For example, if the given array is
[100, 180, 260, 310, 40, 535, 695], the maximum profit can earned by buying on
day 0, selling on day 3