Coding Interviews Be Like Pt. 3

After being thrown a problem that he saw on LeetCode but did not solve, Nick struggles trying to find the maximum width of a binary tree. What tricks does he have up his sleeve this time?
Coding Interviews Be Like Series
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[@nicholast]

How did they both get haircuts in the middle of the interview?? Stick around until the end of the vid for some bonus footage LOL 8k likes for part 4 :)

[@sammysam2841]

Hahahahaa wifi issue :D

[@sammysam2841]

I love that we blame everything on the WiFi 😂. Thank Goodness it's not a person

[@crazymonkey60123]

Your gonna post pt 4 anyway. DONT LIKE THIS VIDEO

[@dafelearozal2136]

Lmao i was going to joke about the haircut 😂

[@kidenclementina3887]

Can't wait for pt 4

[@Loachie90]

“Don’t worry about the wifi problem Nick, your next round will be in person.”

[@nicholast]

Nick is not ready for that 😳

[@GeneralGGD]

Oh God... whiteboard coding...

[@Timely7]

God I have no clue what a binary tree is but that gives me chills down my spine

[@equinox2584]

@@Timely7 It's basically an upside tree structure, where each node can have children nodes. The way this is solved is by recursively finding the max per each layer which will be two times the number of parent nodes.

[@Timely7]

@@equinox2584 my brain hurts I am learning JS right now and it is enough as is

[@firesong7825]

The interviewer decided not to tell anyone about the "wifi issue" becuse he was so impressed at how quickly and discreetly Nick found a solution on the internet.

[@billowen3285]

I love that the interviewee wears a suit but the guy doing the interviewing is wearing a hoodie

[@acm804]

One of the interviewer asked me to show up for interview in the business casual outfit, but he had pajamas on 😂

[@neelcoc6749]

Happened with me

[@CJCJCJCJ]

That's basically how it works in real life tho

[@RetaliationOG]

It’s even worse in consulting.. the directors show up in pajamas

[@marcw6875]

Sounds about right to me. I had a Zoom interview a couple months back for a QA testing job and I was all dressed up in a jacket and tie but the interviewers were in casual clothes. Perhaps it would have been different in person. (I did not get the job.)

[@adityanerkar7723]

"I think my wifi was acting up" That's the phrase I've used 100000000 times lol

[@yogeshverma7871]

Interviewer: Looks pretty recursive to me! Nick: *smiles* Yup! LMFAO

[@not_pockchan3418]

ikr it made me laugh

[@dovahsenbrom836]

"we can make a recursive helper function (...) and we'll need it to call itself because it's recursive" recursively did it for me '-'

[@CodeWithAb.]

Lol

[@kireeti1120]

I laughed like hell when he said that... I totally can relate now to it because I face difficulty when solving tough problem and try to do recursively but i dont get parameters idk what to return lol nightmares 🥲

[@shutdahellup69420]

Fr 😂

[@floguo]

storyline just keeps getting better and better… keep them coming LOL

[@nicholast]

thanks :)

[@gachigazm6169]

interview round №69 : Nicholas has built an entire fullstack application for the company completely free, but they`ve said he didn't suit their company...

[@viraj_singh]

Cause he didn’t used the AI to optimise the blockchain latency which customers could face if they requested the machine learning model for their data

[@maxxar92]

@@viraj_singh Also he corrupted some booleans while uplinking to cyberspace and accidentally decompiled the GPU kernel hypervisor on his no-sql database kubernetes cluster. Quantum.

[@LuizCarlos-my1wr]

@@viraj_singh for their BIG Data*

[@zokhcat]

@@kenny_mc_cormick also all the APIs were called 10.5 times.

[@skyrah1365]

@@maxxar92 And the genetic algorithm he wrote for search-engine optimization was implemented with TD-learning instead of Deep Q-learning like he was told, when really both methods were wrong and he should've just used rasterization and ray-tracing to create a Kaplan's Sniper bot that would automate the entire workflow for him, the results of which he then could have used bootstrap to strap everything together. god it physically hurt to type this out

[@benloud8740]

He passed the test because its purpose was to see if he knew how to use stackoverflow to solve a problem. Because that is 90% of programming after all

[@pi5927]

Stack overflow teaching me more about coding than my lecturers lol

[@BallinTheFrog]

@@pi5927 be careful because like anywhere else on the internet stack overflow can be full of dumbasses who don't know any more than you

[@thundageon5962]

Yeah absolutely,

[@ohiogozaimasu]

Bro leetcode discuss se copy kia...mujhe lagta hai tu programmer nhi hai

[@zoellazayce6796]

no ur wrong

[@dkshadow709]

That feeling when you've been frozen for so long that you and your interviewer both end up with haircuts lol

[@nicholast]

😂😂

[@harinijeyaraman8789]

Love this series. This is so random, but I was wondering, such skits/videos can actually help people remember the approach for leetcode problems. Example : Optimal solution for 2 sum. Oh, right use hashmap, Nick said that in that video. Such an attempt to make more such content where viewers enjoy the content as well as actually learn a concept/approach. Keep 'em coming !

[@nicholast]

thanks! haha i'll try to incorporate useful and memorable tips in my vids :)

[@notSuperior]

@@parmidarou6137 😂😂

[@thecoone2797]

Back in the day when i was a programmer, we used + for a sum ... What an evolution

[@joseeinthewild]

@@nicholast I actually did use the hashmap example for a class. We were supposed to link the information in two arrays and call the element from one array by matching user input to the elements of the second array. After looking over the problem and getting a bit confused, I was just scrolling through KZbin and stumbled on the first interview. After looking up how hashmaps work, I realized that was a perfect was to resolve the problem.

[@thenicks901]

Imma be honest, ever since i started working from home, I've had these weird WiFi issues where it suddenly stops working at the most convenient times. Weird how that happens.

[@nicholast]

so weird.

[@NewSense21]

Looks pretty recursive to me as well 😂 Just loving these, waiting for the next part ❤️

[@dubsteppwarrior]

I don't even work a s software dev but these are just so funny! You play the interviewer so well!!

[@nicholast]

haha thanks :)

[@mistermrskeptic71]

That ending was a surprise :D Your content is so GOOD! Keep it up!

[@Koscum]

So the new name for Stack Overflow is WiFi_Issue.... interesting.

[@OggerFN]

Why would it be snake case

[@luchonieves]

"WiFi issue", that's the Sr. we need

[@Enrique-ip3fq]

I am addicted to this now, should be a tv show, nice job Nicholas!

[@AcridDragoon]

Recently found this channel and I’ve literally been binging give part 4 now

[@heneedsomemilk2877]

I can’t do a single bit of coding but these videos are superbly entertaining 👍

[@nicholast]

Thanks :)

[@premsaiswain8386]

Man just found this channel and it's damm so funny.. and relatable..

[@nicholast]

Thanks, glad you enjoy the vids :)

[@yelp70]

Waiting for part four! Cheers mate.

[@vanshmomaya4732]

Hey brother!!! We need part 4 of this awesome series Great Work!!! 💐💐

[@theprimecoder4981]

Maaan, these videos just keeps on getting better and better each time. Keep it up

[@nicholast]

thanks :)

[@hurricanetwister24]

that ending was so good XD

[@harshasanam2070]

Just waiting for videos like these three. Subscribed 👍🏼

[@theSDE2]

Hey Nick, Bro this is hillarious. You should get into film making than software engineering. I really love your content. Love from Indian Software Engineer.

[@nicholast]

Thanks :)

[@FedoraRose]

That’s so true, Love your Videos 😁❤️

[@MgThompson]

After 7 months, again I am getting prepared for a coding interview. Despite of the funny facts of this video, it shows exactly how some interviewers behave... and this is awesome. It really offers me a break and somehow motivates me to keep studying. Thank you, Nick!! You are awesome. :)

[@Yaaaappee]

Man, that is awesome! It inspired me to go to Leetcode and start learning Binary Trees :)

[@nicholast]

pro tip: recursion!

[@asmmeto55]

I love the fact that each episode ends on a cliffhanger

[@ismail-talb]

you have such great talent ..well done

[@caro5620]

yesss my fav series already n i just found ur channel this morning lmao

[@nicholast]

Ayyy

[@adityanarayandas2463]

Nice one. Waiting for next part. ❤️

[@akanate4587]

Love this content keep doing it. They are really entertaining and fun to watch 😂😂.

[@nicholast]

thanks, glad you enjoy them :)

[@rohanpinge9960]

Eagerly waiting for the 4 th part 💯❤️😀

[@oronihasan5486]

I just had a programming interview that I think I fricked up and then I saw this in my recommended 😂 thanks this made me release a bit of that after-interview stress

[@nicholast]

Haha glad it helped

[@misswaluigi7780]

DAUGHTER WHY ARE YOU HERE

[@harshith_takkala]

Maaaan, the last part was just🔥🔥

[@thisiszubayer]

I was really waiting for your videos!

[@nicholast]

:)

[@z3827]

i am so invested in this

[@AgsBud]

Damn, solving that last interview question made him lose hair.

[@nicholast]

💇‍♂️ hahaha

[@EragonShadeslayer]

Same philosophy as Saitama

[@viraj_singh]

Spoiler: He’ll go bald at last round

[@AgsBud]

@@EragonShadeslayer except instead of one punch man, he will be one code man. Types one code and the program is done.

[@AlexRenlowkey]

Yooo my man with another banger! That interviewer sounds like such a chill co-worker

[@nicholast]

Thanks Alex! Interviewer is goated

[@RanbirSingh-no3mc]

The "hey nick" was too good bruh😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harshitasingh963]

You just got a new subscriber. I was literally laughing at my own misery.

[@tutosCasuales]

Please the next part!!! 🤘🏼

[@mohamedhassane1446]

I Love your videos >>>keep going on

[@Ezdiess]

Best series on KZbin

[@thecyansaiyan]

Interviewer: "Looks pretty recursive to me :D" Nic: "Haha yupp" 🤣

[@giorajrhev]

It's the BTR transition that makes me laugh everytime

[@simonwillover4175]

I subscribed, so lets get a part 4!

[@yaminiaravapalli7998]

waiting for the next parts:)

[@houtarooreki9802]

That wink scared the shit outta me XD

[@HiBMlive]

I don’t think you’ll be able to do all this when you have to turn on your camera for the interview🤣🤣

[@jimmyli319]

I love your video. It's so funny!

[@pemessh]

Part 4. Let's GOOOOOOOOOO !!

[@enrique.guzman891]

had to follow after the first lmaoo

[@kingcrayon195]

Waiting for Part 4 bro 😅😅😅

[@adityajuneja9264]

Dude awesome content when next round will come waiting for next one

[@kartik_exe_]

Pls Nick make the part 4 of this series ❤

[@techGooglecloudGirl]

Your skills are amazing 😀

[@user-nx5ob7ny4l]

U can use a queue. Enter the root and repeatedly enter the kids of the node that is about to get out. And just check the length everytime u are about to start a new generation/level ( u will know when cause u will always remember the length of the last generation)

[@Katerina111111000]

Non related but your voice is so deep and relaxing

[@justanotheraccount4u]

Can't wait for part 4 :(

[@vmnog]

Man you're just genius 👏🤣👌

[@dejankuzmanovic7059]

This is actually true The questions they just copy from the internet are sad The best interviews I had were opening up a study code base of the company and you go through and explain it to them

[@coderugamer4700]

LOL, got me laughing at the end. 🤣

[@natashajchen]

2:41 LOL now we know what goes on behind the scenes!!

[@authenticTyagi]

Hey, did we get the fourth part yet? I love this :).

[@mohamadkanjo8369]

2:47 he also forgot to put a return statement on this recursive function as well 🤣🤣

[@Loachie90]

I don’t think Nick can climb out this hole 💀

[@eliaserke5267]

Great, its 3 am and now I'm nervous about an interview I might have in the next year or something :D

[@janhavijadhav]

I am loving it.... : )

[@coa9080]

tfw i am a backend developer with 5 years of experience and many projects behind me, and i wouldn't pass any single one of these lmao good content btw, this is how you earn a subscription :)

[@153ridzzzz]

These videos stress the shit out of me...

[@LinuxTalks]

Waiting for part 4😁

[@jamshidegamberganov8715]

Can you make a video about your way to being a software engineer? I mean from the start what you have learned initially like coding or just programming language to what cs textbooks you read and stuff like that. I am sure it will be 10 million viewed video soon! Please do that shit

[@unnatsharma8279]

man this exciting!!

[@jayabratakarmakar]

Dude this series is soo good it could be adapted into an anime series....Full of action and plot twists.

[@nicholast]

Coding Interviews Be Like - The Anime

[@ImGoneSoon]

That ending though

[@caveman4191]

this needs to be on netflix. but fr tho…is the interview rly like this? 😂

[@chhotu4205]

nope

[@hasithakaushan7243]

This is sooo cooooool

[@thedevguild7525]

Here in 2022, waiting for part 4 haha!

[@zuccburger7293]

I had an interview at Tencent last Monday, the interviewer sighed after I had answered her the time complexity for inserting a tree node is O(1)

[@Ja-gh3jq]

More content about tech. Nice! :)

[@Abhishek-fe3zs]

This is great. Do more skits like these. There's 13k likes now btw

[@BLARRRRRRRRRRGGGG]

I graduate in May and I’m ngl, I’m pretty nervous for the potential interview processes lol

[@eliasrahoui8366]

VERY RELATABLE!! WOW!

[@SaiKumar-vf9lz]

This is way too accurate

[@kacperwawszczyk]

I was laughing hard at this clipboard scene. xD

[@acbytes]

These videos are hilarious 😂😂. Keep up the good work! Just subscribed! Also, what's the color switch if your keyboard?

[@nicholast]

Thanks! They’re red switches

[@rednassie1101]

I'm so glad my interview was like "So, watcha doing on like hobbies and stuff?"

[@dasayan05]

looks like there is no part 4 of this .. .. the interviewer definitely told his senior about that little "wifi issue".

[@CoffeeXmusic]

Wow this is really interesting! Where’s part 4 😂

[@hiteshrewri9244]

hahaha I love this series

[@nicholast]

love making it

[@kaylinealsen8536]

The bloopers at the end🤣

[@TechBoy1]

bruh I am way too invested in this story.

[@billli6161]

You should just make youtube videos for a living! We need more of this!

[@nicholast]

haha maybe 👀

[@benjamincrew1949]

I still hate recursion because it makes my head hurt trying to think about the process, but I've learned it a little better. I used it for graph traversal.

[@ScorpioHR]

The most important thing about recursions is to put the bail out clause - condition that would make it stop and bubble up the result back to the initial caller.

[@Alkik0]

Bro, best « wifi » issue 😂😂😂

[@gopikrishnaguntamukkala8962]

please expand the video bro its boosts the candidate confidence