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Graduated from the University of Texas, Austin’ 2018 Bachelors in computer science and bachelors in mathematics. Currently living in beautiful sunny San Francisco, CA, where the skies are clear and the grass is greener! Outside of work, I like to hike, explore new restaurants, go boxing, spend quality time with friends, and travel the world!

Category: Coding Interviews

  • INTERVIEWING – OPINE : How to Leverage Mock Interviews for Valuable Referrals

    INTERVIEWING – OPINE : How to Leverage Mock Interviews for Valuable Referrals

    A Primer Alright, this is another topic on my mind and something I want to cover. Networking. Network. Network. Network. Because experiences running through multiple mock interview sessions – as interviewee and as interviewer – have taught me that many of us struggle and under-utilize their innate networking opportunities. And I’ll explain. Both the interviewer…

  • INTERVIEWING – DS&A – How You, the Candidate, Can Help Your Interviewer

    INTERVIEWING – DS&A – How You, the Candidate, Can Help Your Interviewer

    A Primer Because oftentimes, the reverse direction is much harder. That, and candidates seldom communicate feedback to their interviewers. Alright, so I’ve conducted a fair number of DS&A interviews on interviewing.io, algoexpert.io, and pramp.io, and if there’s anything I’ve personally learnt, it’s that interviewees badly struggle to communicate feedback to their interviewers. And that’s understandable.…

  • INTERVIEWING – Writing Feedback For DS&A Interviews – CASE STUDY #2

    INTERVIEWING – Writing Feedback For DS&A Interviews – CASE STUDY #2

    A second example always helps!!! In this case, I’m sharing a case study highlighting a unique set of strengths & weaknesses ( since all candidates think differently ). Strengths & What Went Well : Areas for Improvement : Advice for future interviews : Open Notes : Leveling Determination :

  • INTERVIEWING – Writing Feedback For DS&A Interviews – CASE STUDY #1

    INTERVIEWING – Writing Feedback For DS&A Interviews – CASE STUDY #1

    I’ve always wondered what it really looks like from the other side too 🙂 An Introduction I’ve conducted mock algorithmic interviews on interviewing.io, and I thought it’d be cool to share a quick example of what good interviewing feedback looks like. Personally, it takes me 5-10 minutes to write up feedback, because I want to…

  • PERSONAL – My Leetcode Journey: How Persistency Transform Skills

    PERSONAL – My Leetcode Journey: How Persistency Transform Skills

    Persistency. Persistency matters. – a wizened engineering manager. Hi all 🙂 !!!! Just like you, I’m painfully average. I briefly want to talk about my Leetcode journey, and how I drastically improved and got better at the skill ( to the point of having solved 1000+ LC MEDIUMS and an almost 100 out HARDS, which…