Gayle Laakmann McDowell (born 1982)[1] is a founder, software engineer, and author.[3] She is known for a career development book, Cracking the Coding Interview.[4]
First published in 2008, her book Cracking the Coding Interview provides guidance on technical job interviews, and includes solutions to example coding interview questions.[5] First published in 2008, it has been translated into seven languages: Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and Korean. It describes solutions to common problems set in coding interviews.[5][6] The sixth edition of the textbook was published in 2015.
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^McDowell, Gayle Laakmann (2015). Cracking the coding interview : 189 programming questions and solutions (6th ed.). Palo Alto, CA. ISBN 978-0-9847828-5-7. OCLC 913477191.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^Tay, Yangshun (2022). "How to Rock the Coding Interview – Tips That Helped Me Land Job Offers from Google, Airbnb, and Dropbox". freecodecamp.org. freeCodeCamp.
^McDowell, Gayle Laakmann; Bavaro, Jackie (2013). Cracking the PM interview : how to land a product manager job in technology. Palo Alto, CA. ISBN 978-0-9847828-1-9. OCLC 866799668.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Bavaro, Jackie; McDowell, Gayle Laakmann (2021). Cracking the PM career. Palo Alto, CA. ISBN 978-0984782895. OCLC 1239322919.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Laakmann McDowell, Gayle (2014). Cracking the Tech Career : Insider Advice on Landing a Job at Google, Microsoft, Apple, or any Top Tech Company. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-96809-3. OCLC 890441660.
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^Gao, Laura (2017). "Gayle McDowell on Writing Code to Writing Books". thesign.al. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18.
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