Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview
The modern successor to the original book, updated for how hiring actually works now, including AI assisted preparation, remote loops and the parts of the process outside the coding round. Broader and more current than its predecessor.
Book
Interview Prep
Gayle Laakmann McDowell and others
4 to 8 weeks
All
About $40
What it is
A rewrite rather than a new edition, produced with the team behind interviewing.io and drawing on data from many thousands of recorded interviews.
What is new and why it matters
The process has changed since the original book. Loops are remote, the behavioural round carries more weight, referrals and outreach decide who gets screened at all, and candidates now prepare with AI tools. This covers all of that, along with the data driven observations that come from having watched the interviews rather than theorising about them.
Where it sits alongside the original
Broader and more current on process, similar on the fundamentals. If you are buying one interview book today, this is the more useful purchase.
Best for: anyone running a full job search, not just preparing for the coding round.
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