So I started interviewing after about 5 years for a new position. I was surprised how many places required simple algorithms and sophomore/junior year computer science trivia. This skews the interview in favor of new grads as they are not too far removed from these classes and they are use to artificially solving questions without a compiler and on paper. Maybe this is on purpose to filter out the older crowd?
Word to the wise the interview landscape has changed a bit. Nobody cares what you have done or your experience. Anyway us "old" timers (30 somethings lol) must adapt or become real estate agents. What is the best way? Lots of practice and studying. I busted out my "Intro to Algorithms" by Cormen and went to work. Here is my fizzbuzz repo to help fellow coders out.
https://github.com/asharif/fizzbuzz
Now next step. I need to buy Cracking the coding interview http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Fourth-Edition/dp/145157827X and bust out my notebook and try to get the little practice problems right on paper.
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