Gayle L. McDowell

@gayle

Founder/CEO of CareerCup. Ex-Google, Apple, Microsoft developer. Author of Cracking the Coding Interview, Cracking the PM Interview & Cracking the Tech Career.

Palo Alto, CA

gayle.com

Replies Reposts Media

Pinned
Gayle L. McDowell
@gayle
Jan 24, 2025
The SEQUEL to the best-selling interview prep book is finally released! Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview is packed with strategies and tools -- triggers, boosters, and new algorithms -- to tackle tough interview questions. Haven't gotten it in my hands yet... I think my copy
Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview: Pass Tough Coding Interviews, Get Noticed, and Negotiate...
From amazon.com
3
Gayle L. McDowell
@gayle
Mar 14, 2025
PMs still message me: "I loved your book!" So it was fun to talk about it with @aakashgupta on his podcast. We covered: 1. How to crack behavioral questions 2. The approach to case interviews 3. How to get interviews in the tough market of 2025
2
Gayle L. McDowell
@gayle
Mar 12, 2025
Hanging out on r/leetcode for an AMA. Ask away! #codinginterviews #leetcode
From the leetcode community on Reddit: Wrote the official sequel to CtCI, Beyond Cracking the...
From reddit.com
Gayle L. McDowell
@gayle
Dec 21, 2024
My 11 year old is reading coding questions and is every candidate right now. “But you could do it in one python line / with a different data structure.” “I DON’T CARE. Look, interviews aren’t about solving the question. It’s about testing you and getting signal from you.”
2
Gayle L. McDowell
@gayle
Dec 2, 2024
Debating cover choices for Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview. (coming out in Jan!) Which one do you prefer? dropbox.com/scl/fi/rbzc9v3…
Option A60.9%
Option B15.2%
Option C23.9%
46 votesFinal results
5