My coworker Adam is super knowledgeable. Watch him ace an architecture interview questions on the first pass, no warmup.

In this miniseries, we'll dive deep into the mechanics and best practices of systems design and systems architecture interviews. The advice here is based on the interview processes at companies like Google, Meta, Amazon and many others. For this first episode, we'll go over a real-world example interview question. We'll talk about how to start off on the right foot in these interviews. Many people trip up in the opening minutes of these interviews because they don't approach it systematically. Watch this video to find out what the best practice is.

Did you fail that interview or did your interviewer fail you? Did you ever get rejected from a job interview and feel terrible about it? I mean, like really beat yourself up about it. I know I have. Well, sometimes there's more to the picture than you passing or failing. Sometimes the interviewers don't know what they're doing. Let's talk about the indicators you can spot that show your interviewers don't have their act together. Listen to this episode as a podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ElpgS9Oc72maB7SKec8HQ?si=0d494889ebeb4826

In this video, we break down the goals, components, and best practices of Behavioural Interviews. While they are, for the most part, non-technical, you might find yourself faced with questions you don't feel ready to answer in an interview like this. This episode will help you understand what it's all about and how you can be genuine without shooting yourself in the foot.

In this episode, I walk through the context and goals of a systems design and architecture interview. If you're considering working for a tech company, you'll almost certainly be asked to tackle a high-scale systems design problem. This video explains why companies ask this of you, how to prepare for this interview mentally and emotionally, and what success or failure might look like. A full write-up of this video is available here: http://jg.gg/architecture-and-systems-design-interview/ If the background music bugs you, here's a version with no background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As2gOXtcPVQ Contents: The part about money https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=140 Different kinds of interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=216 Coding interviews vs. architecture interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=299 The structure of an architecture interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=410 The actual architecture question https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=441 How much this question sucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=522 Life isn't fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=775 Breaking the problem down https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=854 All the stuff I didn't talk about https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=1800 The goal of the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=1918 The most important point https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=1936 Failing this interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=2123 Why these skills might get you fired https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=2356 Reasons you can succeed https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=2474 Advantages you can leverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=2568 Getting rejected https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZgdS0EUmn70#t=2853

Episode 05 comes hot with histograms, rectangles, stacks, JavaScript, and a sprinkling of adult themes and language. Brace yourselves! Full text-form code is available here: http://jg.gg/largest-rectangle-in-a-histogram-coding-interview-problem/

Follow along as we dive into the problem of creating a permutation generator using C++. We'll walk through an efficient, in-place solution that leverages lexicographic ordering and incrementation. A full text version of the code is available here: http://jg.gg/permutation-generator-coding-interview-question/

Jackson walks through a linear (O(n)) complexity solution to the problem of finding conflicts in a calendar represented as a list of start and end times. The video features code written in PHP. It's written in the style of a Google coding interview (or Facebook, Amazon, etc. company).

In this episode we look at a combinatorial complexity problem related to selecting subsets of our friends to join us for dinner. Coding in Python, we go through the premise of the problem, how to think about the a recursive structure to solve it, and a full implementation of a recursive solution.

In this episode, I'll guide you through an entry level coding problem that you might face in an interview at a tech company. This video discusses the problem, goes through a complete coding solution to the problem. We finish up with a walk through of the logic to confirm we've got the problem right. Full text-form code and discussion available here: http://jg.gg/the-unqualified-engineer-episode-01/