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Software Engineering Interviews

Review the most important data structures, algorithms, and system design principles to ace your software engineering interview. Practice mock interviews and review hundreds of real-world interview questions. Applies to all companies, including big-tech and startups.
Interactive exercises and code editor
System design fundamentals and examples
Expert mock interview videos
Certificate of completion available
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Taught by 10+ Engineering Leaders from Google, Meta, and more

Jacob Simon
Neamah H.
Angelica Chen
Neeraj Gupta
Hozefa Jodiawalla

What people like about these courses

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Connor
Connor
Software Engineer
Exponent's SWE interview prep was a perfect resource. It was clear and focused on key concepts that came up in most of my interviews. Huge thanks...
Samuel C.
Samuel C.
Software Engineer
I found a very supportive community that gave me a lot of confidence to push through and present my best self in the interviews!
Vaibhav
Vaibhav
Software Development Manager
The engineering manager course is one-of-a-kind and helps understand what the interviewer is expecting in leadership/behavioral questions...
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What you'll find in these courses
4 courses
42 hours

Software Engineering Introduction

4 lessons
1 video
This course covers how software engineering interviews work, with lessons on the general SWE loop, a guide to software engineering levels, and tips for success.
Welcome to Exponent's Software Engineering Interview Prep Course!Free
The Software Engineering Interview Loop
Bonus: Google's SWE Interview Loop
Software Engineering Levels

Software Engineering Coding Questions

13 modules
101 lessons
27 videos
Review fundamental SWE concepts to help you tackle programming problems with confidence. Master the key data structures and algorithms in a variety of real coding questions and expert videos.
Tips for Acing Technical Coding Interviews
Choosing the Right Language for Your Technical Interview
Practice: Move Zeros to End of ArrayFreeEasy
Practice: Remove Duplicates in StringFreeMedium
Practice: Contiguous Subarray SumFreeHard
Understanding Big O Notation
Analyzing Time Complexity
Analyzing Space Complexity
Optimizing Your Algorithms
Introduction to Coding PatternsFree
Two PointerFree
Tortoise & Hare
Sliding Window
Two Pass
Bit Manipulation
Cyclic Sort
ArraysFree
Two SumEasy
Move Zeros to End of ArrayFreeEasy
Three SumMedium
Merge IntervalsMedium
Product of Array Except SelfMedium
Copy a Spiral MatrixMedium
Maximum Subarray SumMedium
Task SchedulerMedium
Trap Rain WaterHard
Contiguous Subarray SumFreeHard
Sorting Algorithms
Binary Search
Number FinderEasy
Difference of ArraysEasy
Find the DuplicatesEasy
K-Messed Array SortMedium
Rotations in Circularly Sorted ArrayMedium
Most Common WordsFreeEasy
Reverse a SentenceEasy
Valid ParenthesesEasy
Valid PalindromeEasy
Validate IP AddressMedium
Decrypt MessageMedium
Minimum Window SubstringMedium
Serialize and Deserialize StringsMedium
Longest Substring Without RepeatMedium
Remove Duplicates in StringFreeMedium
Longest Palindromic SubstringMedium
Graph Search
Graphs and Trees
Degrees of FriendshipFreeEasy
Balanced TreeMedium
Number of IslandsMedium
Sentence SimilarityMedium
Diameter of a TreeMedium
Course ScheduleMedium
Validate Binary Search TreeMedium
Construct Binary TreeMedium
Implement TrieMedium
Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary TreeMedium
Edit DistanceHard
Find Largest Smaller BST KeyFreeHard
BST Successor SearchFreeHard
Hash Tables
Maximum ProfitFreeEasy
Difference of ArraysEasy
Most Common WordsFreeEasy
Smallest Missing IntegerEasy
Two SumEasy
Boggle BoardMedium
Stacks and Queues
Reverse a SentenceEasy
Valid ParenthesesEasy
Shortest Cell PathMedium
Number of IslandsMedium
Conversion RatiosHard
Linked Lists
Reverse Linked ListEasy
Linked List CycleEasy
Merge Sort Doubly Linked ListMedium
Merge Linked ListsHard
LRU CacheHard
Heaps
Find Largest NumbersMedium
Buy and Sell StockMedium
Recursion
Fibonacci NumbersEasy
Generate ParenthesesMedium
Sales PathMedium
Flatten a DictionaryMedium
Build a CalculatorFreeMedium
PermutationsMedium
Implement Promise.all()Medium
Sudoku SolverHard
Build a Basic Regex ParserHard
Dynamic Programming
Climbing StairsEasy
Prime NumbersFreeMedium
Knapsack ProblemMedium
List the Difference Between Two StringsMedium
Target SumMedium
Coin ChangeMedium
Partition Equal Subset SumMedium
DNA SequenceHard

System Design Interviews

10 modules
50 lessons
32 videos
Learn how to answer system design questions with in-depth video examples and lessons that teach the fundamental concepts of scalable systems. Put your knowledge to the test with our self-guided exercises, or watch how engineers and managers answer these questions themselves.
Introduction to the System Design InterviewFree
How to Answer System Design Interview Questions
System Design Principles
Rubric for System Design Interviews
System Design Glossary
Top Engineering Blogs
Web Protocol Questions
APIs
Reliability
Availability
Load BalancingFree
SQL vs. NoSQL
Database Sharding
Replication
Consistent Hashing
CAP Theorem
Asynchronous Processing
Caching
Encryption
Authentication and Authorization
Cloud Architecture
CDNs
Design Facebook MessengerFree
Design Uber Eats
Design WhatsApp
Design Tinder
Design ChatGPT
Design Weather App
Design YouTube
Design TikTok
Design InstagramFree
Design Netflix
Design Twitter
Design a Web Crawler
Design a Metrics and Logging Service
Design Dropbox
Design App that Downloads User Data
Design an Application Performance Monitoring System
Design a Parking Garage
Design the Payment System for the Amazon Kindle
Design a Hotel Booking Service
Design Zillow
Design a Vending Machine
Design Ticketmaster
Design a Key Value Store
Design a Rate Limiter
Design a Distributed Message Queue
Design a URL Shortener
Design Typeahead for Search Box
Design a Distributed LRU Cache

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Access all our company interview guides We'll walk you step-by-step through every part of the interview process, from the recruiting phone screen through the technical screen.
Slack app
Join our members-only Slack community Connect with your peers in our 25,000-member strong Slack community. Ask questions, practice interviews, and make connections at top tech companies.
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