Intro-to-Whiteboarding
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Intro to Algorithms and Whiteboarding
(Almost) every Wednesday 6:30pm - 8:00pm at DBC SF
What is it?
A weekly workshop created to help DBC alumi practice their technical interview skills. The workshops are generally strucutred as follows:
6:30-7:00: Thunder talk on an algorithms topic.
7:00-7:45: Split up into groups of three. A new problem is displayed every 15 minutes. Each group member solves one problem while the other two group members act as interviewers.
7:45-8:00: Everyone gathers back together as a large group and discusses the questions.
Schedule
| Date | Topic | Alum Lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 30 | HAPPY BRIRTHDAY WHITEBOARDING WEDNESDAY: Intro to Whiteboarding | Amelia |
| Oct 7 | Stacks & Queues | Andrew Patterson |
| Oct 14 | Recursion | Jack |
| Oct 21 | Big O | - John |
| Oct 28 | Linked Lists | - |
| Nov 4 | Trees | - |
Resources
Internal
External
- Khan Academy's Algorithms Course
- Interview Cake
- Project Euler - questions that need efficient algorithms
- Brian Stroti's Ruby Graph Algorithms
- Coursera: Algorithms, Part I from Princeton
- Coursera: Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1 from Stanford
- Andy's answer to: Why have tech interview become hard?
How You Can Contribute
- Add your solutions to the questions
- Give us feedback
- Join the G+ Community!
Contact Info
Amelia Downs: [email protected] or @DownsAmelia
John Akers: [email protected] or @jay_akers
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