Big Chonkin' Interview Prep Kit

An ever growing list of the articles, videos, and sites I have used (or intend to use in the future) while preparing for interviews. Take a break from grinding out leet code questions and brush up on some concepts!

Distributed Systems Concepts

• Distributed Systems Cheat Sheet
• CAP Theorem Introduction
• (Video!) Deeper Into CAP Theorem
• Consistency Models and Replication
• Idempotency Example From AirBnB

Talking About Your Tech Stack

• See Popular Tech Stacks By Company
• Dictionary of Data Models and DBMS Terms
• A Helpful List of Popular Database Technologies With Model Type and Popularity Score
• Database ACID Compliance
• Deep Dive Into Apache Kafka
• More on Kafka Replication
• Postgres Two Phase Commit Protocol
• How Redis Handles Consistency, Availability and Partition Tolerance
• Comparing Message Queue Services
• Exploring Different Types of Azure Storage
• Understanding Containers and Virtual Machines
• Comparing Nomad and Kubernetes
• Comparing Monitoring Tools
• Popular Interview Questions About the Java Swing Framework

System Design

• A Comprehensive Systems Design Primer
• (Video!) A General Approach to System Design Questions
• Breaking Down a System Design Question Into 7 Steps
• (Video!) Designing Twitter
• (Video!) Designing WhatsApp
• Design Instagram
• Design a URL Shortener
• Design an Auto-Complete Feature
• Design a LRU Cache
• Design a Rate-Limiting Algorithm

Languages and Programming Styles

• S is for Single Responsibility
• O is for Open Closed Principle
• L is for Liskov Substitution Principle
• I is for Interface Segregation
• D if for Dependency Inversion
• Popular Object Oriented Programming Questions
• A Brief Description of Java Modifiers
• Functional Programming Cheat Sheet
• Functional Programming Question & Answer Set in OCaml
• Sound Smart Talking About Monads

The Freakin' Whiteboard AKA Algorithms & Data Structures

• A General Approach to Whiteboard Problems
• Breaking Synamic Programming Problems Down in 7 Steps
• Dynamic Programming Principles
• Dynamic Programming Practice Problems
• The Greedy Algorithm Technique
• Review of Recursion and the Call Stack
• Data Structures Cheat Sheet

Soft Skill Practice

• The STAR Approach to Answering Behavioral Questions
• Ask Your Interviewer Questions!
• Popular Soft Skill Questions and How to Answer Them
• (Video!) Be Mindful of Your Body Language