Easy Google Coding Interview With Ben Awad

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3 жыл бұрын

In this video, I conduct an easy Google coding interview with Ben Awad, a software engineer and tech KZfaqr. As a Google Software Engineer, I interviewed dozens of candidates. This is an easier version of the type of coding interview that you would get at Google or any other big tech company.
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@clem 3 жыл бұрын

What’s more cocky and sarcastic than Ben Awad? Ben Awad after he successfully reverses a linked list. Check out the video we did on Ben’s channel if you wanna see _me_ get interviewed by Ben! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndSbpaekyp-1e5c.html

@sangrambarge7081 3 жыл бұрын

you guys are making awesome content, making software engineering fun

@thaer954 3 жыл бұрын

Can i apply and get an interview at Google when I'm living overseas? Or do i have to move to the US before applying for the job...

@thaer954 3 жыл бұрын

What advice do you have for us foreigners?

@migueldomingos4570 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@poisson6673 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aauhnMegypitn5s.html

@leonardomorel9412 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine this guy saying "idk that's pretty sus" in the actual interview and the google techlead be like "Aight, you in"

@ZVEKOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

AMOGUS KEANU REEVES REDDIT WHOLESOME 100 EPIC GAMER MOMENT GOOGLE APPROVED INTERVIEW

@MBTIMemes 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZVEKOfficial ok

@foo3268 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZVEKOfficial this was 11 months ago, give it a rest brainlet

@TechWithTim 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, why does Ben get the easy question!!! I had to suffer through the very hard one for a whole hour 😑

@rareshika 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P

@devguyahnaf 3 жыл бұрын

coding interviews are truly broken.......it just went brrr

@dontsubscribetomychannel8619 3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@blazi_0 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Tim you can watch the title , it says " Easy interview " And I think you r better than awad in coding 😏😉⚘

@TechWithTim 3 жыл бұрын

but thanks ;)

@GyaneshISHU 3 жыл бұрын

Clem : Do you have any questions for us ? Ben : How on earth can you keep using Angular ?

@MisraPreetiman 3 жыл бұрын

*changes d to D and calls it Big D in a coding interview* Interviewer - HHHHHMMMMMMMM 👀

@aryamankukal1056 3 жыл бұрын

tel me the timestamp for when that happened! Please!

@bingpingbongpong662 3 жыл бұрын

@@aryamankukal1056 pretty much at the beginning, first question when he starts commenting the way

@brewlian11 3 жыл бұрын

Dallas is also referred to as The Big D 😂

@INKILU 3 жыл бұрын

@@aryamankukal1056 6:48

@josephmichel2581 3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone who noticed

@LuisMorales-yx8di 3 жыл бұрын

Clement you should interview more beginners and see their progress in a couple of months. this would be really fun and interesting

@mti2fw 3 жыл бұрын

It'll be awesome! 🚀

@list9016 2 жыл бұрын

calling ben a beginner DAMN

@jomalomal 2 жыл бұрын

@@list9016 bro did you see how much he struggled to reverse a linked list? Clearly a beginner, at least with data structures and algorithms

@htdrednaxela96 Жыл бұрын

@@jomalomal these things take practice ,it's nothing magical with them.

@GodofStories Жыл бұрын

@@jomalomal you're confusing the meaning of a "beginner" to programming to the meaning of knowing how to study particular coding problems like reversing a linked list. I might have studied linked lists in a college class. But programming for 5 years + earning more than 6 figures. I have never needed to know how to reverse a linked list. But once I looked at the problem, studied it and learnt it fully within a couple hours. So I'm saying you're confusing studying leetcode questions to being a beginner to coding. You can program without knowing a lot of these questions like inverting a binary tree. All those questions only show you know how to study for an exam. Ben is clearly not a beginner, he's programmed a lot. He just didn't take time to study those Leetcode questions

@andrewv8548 3 жыл бұрын

I love Clement giggling at Ben's every move

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you interview a natural comedian.

@nomadvagabond1263 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem ehm👀 do you mean he is a joke?😂😂

@aryanpuri6192 3 жыл бұрын

@@nomadvagabond1263 nope his live is a joke 😂😂😂

@atifadib 3 жыл бұрын

i thought clement will pull his hair out as soon as awad named a variable "next_guy" :)

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

😂Not the best variable name for an arbitrary linked list node, but I figured Ben wouldn't name it like that in a real production-grade codebase. Also, this was just a fun interview!

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

Classic Ben Awad though.

@necaton 3 жыл бұрын

what would be a better name? xD

@casperes0912 3 жыл бұрын

@@JustTheHighlights Equality!

@mostafahana1713 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@jovanjevtic5311 3 жыл бұрын

You should interview him for Angular

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

I think Ben would just walk out of that interview and even *rm -rf* the machine he'd be interviewing on.

@alphacoder3822 3 жыл бұрын

Ben hates angular

@dishagupta7446 3 жыл бұрын

I literally want to watch this😂😂

@notquitehim 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem hahahahahah

@Hannah-ly6ff 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem 😂😂😂

@jonsnow9246 3 жыл бұрын

There is a video on my Algoexpert ad 😂

@medaminesfaxi909 3 жыл бұрын

best variable name : next_guy xD

@DasBeatz 3 жыл бұрын

next_next_guy next_guys_neighbor_that_asks_for_sugar

@natetate785 3 жыл бұрын

Ben looks so much happier in this video then he does in any of his own.

@lucasthorsen784 3 жыл бұрын

This video was super fun, I myself love frontend engineering and I'm a big fan of both you and Ben Awad, so I'd definitely like to see you put him through a real google coding interview.

@petyoruzhin7191 3 жыл бұрын

Im subscribed to both and am happy to finally see you two in action. Had fun watching this and the one on Ben's channel! Cannot wait for the follow up videos on both sides. xD

@weirdduck4578 3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of fun seeing a master failing a bit in other master's craft. Great video clement.

@Digital963 3 жыл бұрын

He lost me when he shortened “temp” to “tmp” but left “previous” as “previous

@brooksgunn5235 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@TheoParis 3 жыл бұрын

@@brooksgunn5235 LMAO

@DreaminBig 3 жыл бұрын

Typo

@dk3153 Жыл бұрын

dude seems so happy and cocky at the same time, couldnt help it but smile all the way through the video

@De4dlyX 3 жыл бұрын

this is one of a few computer programmers that is this energetic and interesting in terms of communication and interaction, most people I know are nerds and introverts, that is also myself LOL

@bonzupippinpaddleopsicopol8094 3 жыл бұрын

10/10 would love to see Ben do the actual coding interview. Make him use Angular 👀

@JayPatel12928 2 жыл бұрын

Apart from the actual coding, this guy is just so fun to work with.

@kuei-chinhuang815 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this video!!!! Look forward to you guys making the next one 🤩

@killswitch4897 3 жыл бұрын

This was by far one of the best nd funniest vids I've seen on this channel.... "How about that algo girl" was just epic 😂😂

@anchalpandey9074 Жыл бұрын

Jezz i can never be this happy talking or giving my interview both of them are so chill. Greate watching them . I'm far away to crack any interview btw.

@Saitama-py8dz 3 жыл бұрын

how could you beat the guys who have been coding for years when you have been coding only for 6 months? you are amazing and talented.

@danny.golcman6846 10 ай бұрын

He is smart and also has a math background so that helps him a lot when he codes as coding involves a lot of problem solving, logic, and analytical thinking.

@Srinivassss1999 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot how to reverse a linked list after I saw Ben scramble😂

@avadhut325 3 жыл бұрын

This was fun. Really looking forward to the next interview with Ben.

@BehruzbekOtayev 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do the round two please? With more difficult questions??? Would love to see Ben grind

@GodofStories Жыл бұрын

Dude watching this again after an year or so, watching Ben is still so funny man

@geeshta 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm not happy about that naming convention" ohhh Ben I love you for this.

@amirhassan6549 3 жыл бұрын

This the only video I know how to reverse linked list. Means easy task I have seen on this channel otherwise I have only seen a difficult task here. I prefer all who see my comment to see this channel because it is really helpful. Best for logic design.

@blasttrash 3 жыл бұрын

17:21 Ben is not pulling his punches back lol. Roasting about Vim mode in the video 😂

@roshanmhatre8810 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so awesome, funny and at the same knowledgeable ❤️ Please make more Google coding Interviews @AlgoExpert Guy

@mr.mystiks9968 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if a very skilled candidate adopted Ben’s skill of typing jk and troll var names and comments

@danielgigago26 2 жыл бұрын

That inverseLinkedList could be a real challenge for someone who never heard about that before, it is not something we normally do in a daily basis. I can say it is not easy, even harder than the matrix challenge in the later session with Ben.

@ShubhamSinghYoutube 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Clement, Pls make a playlist of your Mock Programming interview questions. Thank you in advance.

@rw5736 3 жыл бұрын

Ben is the man. Cool to see the colab!

@Abhishek-dp5tc 3 жыл бұрын

Damn I never thought inverting a binary tree is that easy

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why everyone makes it out to be so scary or difficult! It really isn't!

@KayronDeacon 3 жыл бұрын

Because it sounds like you're flipping it vertically not horizontally.

@adilnawaz5346 3 жыл бұрын

@@KayronDeacon yess.

@Abhishek-dp5tc 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem Because of the ad, lol. I watch that ad like 30 times a day.

@zss123456789 3 жыл бұрын

@@KayronDeacon yeah when I first heard it I thought it was head as input, but an array of leaf nodes or something as output, and you have to reverse the connection, so the original left child will now have its parent as its right child.

@Joshuahendrix 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, these videos have definitely upped my confidence in my own abilities so I appreciate you guys!

@ISmellCapDog Жыл бұрын

I pause the video at the linked list reversal question and challenged myself to come up with a function. It took me an hour but I finally got it! Now I'll watch what he came up with.

@ISmellCapDog Жыл бұрын

I completely over complicated my method compared to his...

@Furiac. 7 ай бұрын

this was fun, one of those easy questions that just takes some examples to run through and get it down

@MsLemons12 3 жыл бұрын

you guys seem like you've been friends your entire lives lol

@discretelycontinuous2059 3 жыл бұрын

Wheras Clement has created a platform for training people to crunch through these thoes of interview questions (and has hired tim to help him with it), wheras Ben questions the relevance of the practice. It would be interesting to hear them discuss / debate the relative advantages and disadvantages of coding interviews

@AndrewDaniele87 3 жыл бұрын

@@discretelycontinuous2059 I want to see this!

@suushi-baked 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but this video hyped me up to practice my programming!

@damankumar3277 3 жыл бұрын

I started watching this video and i got so lost in it that i didn't feel that it was 28 fuckin minutes long... Amazing one🔥❤️

@satyafariz8587 2 жыл бұрын

i love how the algoexpert guy just smiles all the time

@Arcvx 3 жыл бұрын

Google coding interview with Tourist when 👀

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

I'm down whenever he is!

@ayubkosimov199 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist tourist!!!

@anirbanchatterjee3023 3 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for that day!!

@beanlighter9491 3 жыл бұрын

torist doesn't give interviews

@cpwithsundar 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem Tourist will be like "I have 7 gold medals in code jam . So ask your question and watch my screen casts , rather than wasting my time". Anyway, i don't think Gennedy would ever say that.

@toxicass100 3 жыл бұрын

You also can reverse linked list with recursion: def reverse_linked_list(node, next=None): if node.next is None: node.next = next return node new_node = node.next node.next = next return reverse_linked_list(new_node, node)

@DiogoVazTavares 3 жыл бұрын

Ok! Now I wanna see Ben go thought a real intreview! :D

@TheRaspPie 3 жыл бұрын

There's actually a missing edge case. If the linked list is empty, it is represented by None and the function crashes accessing curr.next in line 14.

@ayhamboi9720 2 жыл бұрын

The function accepts the head as input, implying that the list has at least one item being the head

@theendurance 2 жыл бұрын

@@ayhamboi9720 no not really. head can point to null (empty list)

@claesboillot5138 2 жыл бұрын

@@theendurance its passing the node itself not the pointer of a linked list struct, and a null node would be invalid here

@theJasin 2 жыл бұрын

@@ayhamboi9720 not correct

@tijanisylla1348 2 жыл бұрын

This is really fun !! I totally agree that the Py indentation is over whelming lol. Thank you guys for the video !

@kimayapanash8998 3 жыл бұрын

I think we are gonna get a new worker for algo expert 😁

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

👀

@TruthSeekerClub 3 жыл бұрын

I never inverted a binary tree before. paused the video and solved it and continue to watch. I came up with the same solution

@glenn8781 2 жыл бұрын

using Python made inverting the binary tree a lot easier.. I'm a medium level coder and it took me about 45 mins to come up with the recursive logic and code the same in Java.

@fafamnzm3126 3 жыл бұрын

yeeeaaaaah, let's do that!!! let's do the full interview for Mr. ben

@Shubham-xh9nz 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine cracking an angular jocks in google coding interview.

@jackjohnson7660 Жыл бұрын

For whatever reason linked lists are so confusing to me compared to other data structures. Seeing that it even made Ben have to really think about it makes me feel somewhat better about myself

@dyanosis Жыл бұрын

LinkedLists are exactly what you think the are. They're Lists that refer to their elements by links. If you think about how Arrays work under the hood, they're LinkedLists, but only in memory. Meaning the Array knows where each element is due to its place in memory. If you're confused by LinkedLists, you must be really confused by DoublyLinkedLists then. Which is just a List where each Node knows it prev and next. Did a project in school where we built Google's ranking system using DoublyLinkedLists, it was easy and made total sense.

@trampflips101 9 ай бұрын

@@dyanosis "If you think about how Arrays work under the hood, they're LinkedLists, but only in memory" - that's gotta be the most confusing way of explaining arrays i've ever seen lol

@dinckelman 3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, this is a lot like my recent interviews went, minus the fact that I had a white background google drive instead of an ide. My interviewer also asked me weird questions and then got both of confused for half an hour c:

@bzygauksei 2 жыл бұрын

And how did they go

@josh1234567892 Жыл бұрын

8:55 "This is what I know I think is right" story of my life lol

@tabancosmos2235 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are all over the internet. I had to subscribe this time, :)

@adityak1231 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know what inverting a binary tree was and once I saw that diagram, I immediately got the solution(same as what Ben did). Also, using multiple assignment is shorter tree.left, tree.right = tree.right, tree.left.

@dyanosis Жыл бұрын

tree.left, tree.right = tree.right, tree.left will be incorrect because tree.left will not be what you want to set tree.right to. You still need a "temp" var to hold tree.left before you set tree.right. But yes, multiple assignment (for languages that understand it, is useful here).

@adityak1231 Жыл бұрын

@@dyanosis it does. The assignment expression has variables passed by values on the right. Try running it for yourself once.

@facu5563 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT video please do a second part!!! Cheers from Arg

@gherdelescugrigore7601 3 жыл бұрын

I think that's the first video where I really understood something (beginner programmer problems) =))

@yGKeKe 2 жыл бұрын

Oh snap, finally a question I actually saw in algorithms class.

@rogeralexander1539 3 жыл бұрын

I am not ready lol. Great video, first video I watch 100%.

@luizcarvalho7597 3 жыл бұрын

This video was awesome, really. Waiting for the google interview heheh

@doublesid1395 3 жыл бұрын

these questions getting easier and easier

@Meridian-lk2fo 3 жыл бұрын

I've only been in Computer Science at school for three months, so all of this is well over my head, but it's fascinating to watch anyway.

@saranyaghosh2003 3 жыл бұрын

Same bro same

@stefonsimmons651 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Please. Let's see the google interview!

@shreeram_kulkarni 3 жыл бұрын

py devs: "Oh PyThoN Is ThE BeST" Also py dev: spending hours to find a frikin INDENTATION Error. LMAO

@omzer97 3 жыл бұрын

you meant to say python_is_the_best :p

@uttamo7 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you’re dumb and don’t use a modern editor

@nobytes2 3 жыл бұрын

Use a linter bro wtf

@SpaceTimeBeing_ 3 жыл бұрын

Flower brackets > indentation

@DoctorWhoNow01 3 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceTimeBeing_ I'm new to python, what exactly are the benefits of using them? Because it's a seperate segment, you don't have to worry about indenting I assume?

@AhsanKhan-es7xg 3 жыл бұрын

what's the hardest thing in the world? Ben: AngularJS

@blazi_0 3 жыл бұрын

U guys are awesome ! I enjoyed watching the video

@xavierica 2 жыл бұрын

I hope Ben gets the job after countless of interviews lol Great Content. Thanks!!

@EvanTempleton 3 жыл бұрын

@17:29 Clément exhibiting God-tier restraint :)

@wordonice4457 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, man, I don't know about you, but I absolutely enjoyed this video. Learned so much!

@aarushiagarwal8938 9 ай бұрын

I just loved the video ❤❤ the interview was too cool to be called as an interview 😊

@461932570 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like he legit searched the answer to invert binary tree before hand. He struggled a little much for reversing a linked list

@elirannissani914 3 жыл бұрын

Bro you just have to ask the channel "The cherno" to do a google coding interview!

@OhhHeMad 3 жыл бұрын

that dude would kill it. The guy is wicked smart

@amanbaghel1408 3 жыл бұрын

this is a coolest interview video, 3 nodes create prev, curr, frwd and get job in google😁

@arijitdas7526 3 жыл бұрын

I've got youtube notification for this video from both channels 😂

@rahul_bali 3 жыл бұрын

Great work clem. Best getting your application tested by Ben himself.

@sajidrsheikh 3 жыл бұрын

So that's reversing binary tree, I used to think, I had to move head node to bottom. My whole life was a lie 😑

@venuvenu2719 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah , a great developer couldnt crack this question in google interview.

@codearabawy 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

@utkarshmaurya6877 3 жыл бұрын

They should call it Mirroring the Binary Tree...when they say Invert a Binary Tree...I thought same as you..😂

@ChristopherRockhill 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@amysheeter877 11 ай бұрын

The chemistry is unmatched.

@BlockCylinder 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video but I don't believe Ben can simulate a legit technical interview. He didn't take this seriously at all. I'd really love to see a mock interview with a recent Fullstack graduate.

@Jambajakumba 3 жыл бұрын

Let's get that interview!!!!!

@luisponce3580 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please! Another video! Ben and Clem =

@MrRobotUy 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video guys! Thanks!!

@luckfordnkana3172 3 жыл бұрын

Why was Clement giggling at Ben when he made a move😅

@bobaashenvale3968 3 жыл бұрын

Yes please, do the legitimate google interview with Ben Awad!

@yashpurohit509 3 жыл бұрын

Your previous vedio is of very much knowledge, fun and this is insane plzz both of you kindly upload more vedio like this you with algo ben with react or vue.... Or other framwrks... Hoping your best for future 🙏🙏.. We are Indian we are doing 🙏 rather than 👍🏼,🔥.... ... Plz consider my concern ....🥺

@dvlpr Жыл бұрын

I can't track what he's doing but this is already my favorite interview lol

@assamsaadaoui7525 3 жыл бұрын

Oh god, Thank you so much for SAYING OUT LOUD the fact that Python indentation is the worst thing. Those were my first words when i first learned python.

@sapito515 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a legitimate interview!

@Hgh38 3 жыл бұрын

My dream interview question. I did cry if I get this question.

@pant1371 3 жыл бұрын

unless they ask you to do it on C. Using pass by reference..

@Valhallaeiru 3 жыл бұрын

We have done this exercise so many times in class, during my second year, that as soon as I saw this my brain went "OH NO! What if I've always solved it the wrong way?!"

@user-qy6tu9ip9v 3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand any of this.....

@winuxworx Жыл бұрын

inverted binary should be reversing all the numbers where head now points to the last record which is the highest number and the last record at the bottom should be pointing to 1. This binary tree problem is instead called flipping the left and right nodes of a binary tree

@ezpz463 3 жыл бұрын

Ben throwing shade on clem every now and then ;)

@harispapadopoulos4295 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t get notified for the video but it popped on my recommendations. I guess where the notifications fail the all mighty KZfaq algorithm is there to save the day. Also, what did you main back in the days you were playing Overwatch ? YoE: -1 TC:0K/ Year

@clem 3 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for the KZfaq algorithm. And I mained Mei, believe it or not. YoE: 3.5 TC: over 9000

@rareshika 3 жыл бұрын

@@clem you should do a video where you play Overwatch, btw I am a 14 yo romanian who loves your content