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<p>The EPI Judge is now available at <a href="https://github.com/adnanaziz/EPIJudge" target="_blank" rel="external">GitHub</a>!</p>
<p>The installation is super-simple - there’s no install! You just <strong>download the project, point your IDE/editor to it</strong>, and start the code-debug cycle, with instant feedback!</p>
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<p>The best interview preparation is a combination of hands-on practice over a representative set of problems with quality explanations. </p>
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<p>This screenshot should give you a good idea of what it’s about. </p>
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<p>This is <strong>very important</strong> because you want the latest version of EPI, which is the one for which the <strong>seller</strong> is Amazon, which <strong>may not</strong> be the default seller on Amazon’s website.</p>
<p>First, <strong>do not</strong> click on add-to-cart from the landing page (since the default seller is not always Amazon). Instead click on the text highlighed in the figure below.<br><img src="/img/first_landing_page.png" width="600px"></p>
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<p>Many people find interviews intimidating. One reason is the intrinsically challenging problems. However, the challenge goes beyond that - the offices and the work environment are often quite different from anything you’ve seen. </p>
<p>As part of our goal to help readers succeed at interviews, we’ve compiled some pictures of what a typical campus looks like. The intention is to set you more at ease so that you can focus on the technical content.</p>
<p>These pictures are from Facebook (right by Adnan’s office), but are fairly representative.</p>
<p><strong>Come early</strong>, so you don’t have to struggle with finding the building, parking, etc. It’s fine to wait in the lobby for an hour, decompress with a copy of EPI!<br><img src="/img/IMG_4500.JPG"></p>
<p>The <strong>lobby</strong> - this is where the recruiter will come to pick you up.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4501.JPG"></p>
<p>The <strong>interview room</strong>. It’s a fixed room for the duration of the interview, though you may step out for lunch with a host. The interviewers/host/recruiter are supposed to ensure you stay on schedule, but there’s no harm in being proactive, e.g., not letting lunch run late.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4502.JPG"></p>
<p>Here the entire wall is writable, but it’s more common to have a <strong>whiteboard</strong>. Pro tip: consider taking your own markers, so that you can be sure they write well.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4503.JPG"></p>
<p>Dining hall - <strong>free yummy food</strong>, but don’t overeat and get into a food coma, or lose focus.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4509.JPG"></p>
<p>Nice <strong>campus</strong>, but it’s more important to focus on the interview. Do well and there will be plenty of time to appreciate these later.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4510.JPG"></p>
<p>Microkitchens are common.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4504.JPG"></p>
<p>Random office equipment.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4505.JPG"></p>
<p>Bike storage.<br><img src="/img/IMG_4506.JPG"></p>
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<p>We’ve been using Python as our daily language at Facebook and Uber for quite some time now, and have grown to appreciate its power, versatility, and aesthetics. We wrote Python code for EPI Python from the ground up, and invested a great deal of effort to find the most efficient ways to solve interview problems in Python.</p>
<p>We hope you enjoy reading this book as much we we enjoyed writing it. As always, we look forward to hearing our readers thoughts and criticisms of our work. Feel free to drop us a line, come by in person if you are in the Bay Area. (Ice Cream at the Facebook Sweet Shop is always fun.)</p>
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<p>This post clarifies questions we are often asked about EPI versions and variants.</p>
<p></p><h4>Variants</h4> There are <b>two basic printed variants</b>: Elements of Programming Interviews (which is in C++), and Elements of Programming Interviews in Java. <p></p>
<p>Each comes in <b>two sizes: 6” x 9” and 7” x 10”</b> - the latter uses a larger font and greater line spacing. The smaller and larger formats contain exactly the same content.</p>
<p>Amazon does a poor job of showing the variants. Here’s <b>direct links</b> to them:</p>
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<li>Elements of Programming Interviews (C++): <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836?ie=UTF8&ref_=zg_bsnr_2576_5" target="_blank" rel="external">6 x 9 format</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1530462983/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank" rel="external">7 x 10 format</a></li>
<li>Elements of Programming Interviews in Java: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Java-Insiders/dp/1517435803?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc" target="_blank" rel="external">6 x 9 format</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Java-Adnan/dp/1517671272/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466659893&sr=1-2&keywords=elements+of+programming+interview+in+java" target="_blank" rel="external">7 x 10 format</a></li>
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<p></p><h4>Versions</h4> People are often confused the publication dates, e.g., October 2012 date listed for the original 6 in x 9 in EPI (C++).<p></p>
<p>EPI has changed enormously since the initial release - the first release came at commit 1200, we are now at commit 3900. On the way we’ve added and removed problems, features, and content, based on trends we’ve seen at interviews. We regularly upload updated PDF to Amazon’s on-demand publishing arm, and it goes live immediately.</p>
<p>For this reason <b>we very strongly recommend that you buy only from Amazon itself</b>, not from resellers on Amazon. Regardless of the advertised release date, the version sold by Amazon itself is <b>always current</b> - resellers may be selling old stock, or even worse, pirated copies which have very poor print quality.</p>
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<p>We held a design competition, and we would like you to help us pick from the finalists. Click <a href="https://99designs.com/book-cover-design/contests/best-selling-book-computer-science-needs-cover-615393/poll/8twqx7?utm_source=voting_app&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=voting" target="_blank" rel="external">here</a> to vote on covers. (Direct link to poll: <a href="http://bit.ly/epicover2" target="_blank" rel="external">http://bit.ly/epicover2</a>)</p>
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<p>EPI is a community book - its content, quality, and very existence, are a testament to the engagement and enthusiasm of its readers.</p>
<p>In this spirit, we are asking readers to help us by providing <strong>feedback on some new material</strong> we’ve been working on. Specifically, based on your feedback, we are adding the following features to EPI:</p>
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<li><strong>Expanded introductions for each chapter</strong>. These introductions include<ul>
<li>An example that illustrates the key data structures and algorithms for that chapter, e.g., how to use binary search with a custom comparator.</li>
<li>A table of top-tips for the chapter, e.g., consider reversing arrays of digits to operate on the least-significant digit first.</li>
<li>A review of the most important library methods, e.g., Arrays.asList(1,3,5).</li>
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<li>Programming language questions, e.g., the difference between final and finally.<br>a Object-oriented principles, e.g., explain the difference between a class adapter and an object adapter.</li>
<li>Tool questions, e.g., describe the role of merging in a version control system.</li>
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<p>By acting as a reviewer, you will get </p>
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<li>an early look at the book, </li>
<li>our undying gratitude, and, </li>
<li>a free hardcopy of the book, <em>if</em> you are one of the first 25 reviewers or make great contributions to this review.</li>
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<p>If you are interested, please <em>sign up</em> via this <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/J1cSiSx3JD" target="_blank" rel="external">Google form</a>.</p>
<p>We expect reviewers to spend one to two afternoons going through the assigned material, and identify an issue every 1 to 2 pages. </p>
<p>The perfect is the enemy of the good - please send us your inputs as soon as you can. (We are hoping to have a substantial amount of feedback by <em>mid April</em>.</p>
<p>Issues can be typos, language that is misleading, suboptimum solutions, bad programming practices - in short anything that can improve the quality of the book. Every individual issue you identify should be reported through a Google form, which you can view <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/abWVyxxWgV" target="_blank" rel="external">here</a>.</p>
<p>Here are some examples of issues reported by readers. Note how specific these suggestions are - they have details on where the issue was, what the problem was, what the right wording should be, etc.</p>
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<li>Suggestion: Solution 12.14: I feel that the limitations of the template method particularly in C++ should be addressed.</li>
<li>Typo: The account of HTTPS consistently spells certificate as sertificate.</li>
<li>Suggestion: Drop Variant 10.16.1, as it is effectively the same as Problem 10.18.</li>
<li>Clarification: I don’t see how it’s possible to sort in O(n) time, as suggested by the writeup at the start of Chapter 13.</li>
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<p><b>July 7, 2016</b></p><p> </p>
<p><b>We’re closing the judge service for the near future as we take the lessons learned and build out a more robust and full-featured service.</b></p>
<p><b>Jan 14, 2016</b></p><p> </p>
<p>We’ve put together a prototype <a href="http://judge.elementsofprogramminginterviews.com:8080" target="_blank" rel="external">online judge</a> service that you can use to practice for interviews. </p>
<p>Take a look at the screenshot at the end to see the UI, or just click on the link.<br>No login is needed, just read the problem description and start hacking!</p>
<p>The judge problems correspond to the problems in the <a href="/sample">PDF sample</a>. These problems are an ideal starting point for anyone who wants to get up to speed with interviewing. (Right now, all programs are in Java.)</p>
<h3 id="Usage"><a href="#Usage" class="headerlink" title="Usage"></a>Usage</h3><p>We use <strong>directed tests</strong> for the judge problems, and try to give <strong>meaningful feedback</strong>. For example, if your program for testing if a binary tree is balanced fails, you will see a report like the following.</p>
<figure class="highlight plain"><table><tr><td class="gutter"><pre><div class="line">1</div></pre></td><td class="code"><pre><div class="line">Incorrect result on balanced tree {0,1,2,3,#,4,5}</div></pre></td></tr></table></figure>
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</p><p>If your program fails to compile, we return the <strong>compiler error</strong>, and the <strong>line numbers will correspond</strong> to the lines in your program.</p>
<figure class="highlight plain"><table><tr><td class="gutter"><pre><div class="line">1</div><div class="line">2</div><div class="line">3</div><div class="line">4</div><div class="line">5</div><div class="line">6</div></pre></td><td class="code"><pre><div class="line">Line 7: error: incompatible types</div><div class="line"> int y = "asd";</div><div class="line"> ^</div><div class="line"> required: int</div><div class="line"> found: String</div><div class="line">1 error</div></pre></td></tr></table></figure>
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</p><p>If your program throws an exception, we return the <strong>stacktrace</strong> - the <strong>line numbers will not correspond</strong> to the lines in your program.</p>
<figure class="highlight plain"><table><tr><td class="gutter"><pre><div class="line">1</div><div class="line">2</div><div class="line">3</div></pre></td><td class="code"><pre><div class="line">Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException</div><div class="line"> at BalancedBinaryTree.isBalanced(file.java:49)</div><div class="line"> at BalancedBinaryTree.main(file.java:86)</div></pre></td></tr></table></figure>
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</p><p>Your program runs in Docker container, so <strong>don’t worry about crashing or damaging</strong> our server. We run the program with a <strong>timeout of 20 seconds</strong>, so if your program has an infinite loop, or is very slow, you’ll get a timeout response. If the server is under load, it may block requests that are too frequent.</p>
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</p><p>A few programs require you to have an <strong>efficient solution to pass</strong>, e.g., if you brute-force compute the parity, you will see the judge informs you that your solution is too slow:</p>
<figure class="highlight plain"><table><tr><td class="gutter"><pre><div class="line">1</div></pre></td><td class="code"><pre><div class="line">Execution Timed Out</div></pre></td></tr></table></figure>
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</p><h3 id="Plans"><a href="#Plans" class="headerlink" title="Plans"></a>Plans</h3><p>We’re very excited about offering this service, and look forward to developing it - adding more problems, adding a login and persisting your code, classification of problens, drag-and-drop into the editor, executing from Github, etc.</p>
<h3 id="Reader-Input"><a href="#Reader-Input" class="headerlink" title="Reader Input"></a>Reader Input</h3><p>As always, we treasure user input. Please <a href="contact">share</a> your thoughts with us about the judge. Some things we’re especially keen on learning about are:</p>
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