Geboortedatum: 1982
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: USA
Woonplaatsen: Palo Alto, California, USA
Opleiding: University of Pennsylvania (BS ∙ Computer Science)
University of Pennsylvania (MS ∙ Computer Science)
Wharton School (MBA)
Beroepen: software engineer
businessperson
author
Organisaties: CareerCup
Korte biografie: "Gayle Laakmann McDowell is the founder / CEO of CareerCup, and the author of Cracking the Coding Interview and The Google Resume.

Gayle has worked for Microsoft, Apple and Google as a software engineer. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Computer Science, and an MBA from the Wharton School. She currently resides in Palo Alto, CA."

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Cracking the Coding Interview door Gayle Laakmann McDowell

I'd recommend Elements of Programming Interviews over this book, but this covers the basics.

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ericwturner | 2 andere besprekingen | Mar 1, 2024 |

The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and… door Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Great book for people who are inexperienced with US tech job ecosystem. 13 chapters cover a lot of material. First chapters focus on which courses to take that’ll help you land a dream job at tech giant. Chapters in the middle focus on application and interview process. Last chapters focus on steering your career in the right way to land a dream job. Although hiring process is extremely stressful and diverse, the author does a tremendous job helping applicants focus on really important stuff. For example, whatever question recruiter asks, keep in mind that recruiters want to know two things when they pick up your resume:
1. Where would you fit at our company?
2. Would you do a good job?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s well structured, easy to read and full of practical advice.
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kmaxat | 2 andere besprekingen | Aug 26, 2023 |

Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product… door Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Switching into the PM role myself lately, I was looking for some guidance on what that involves. The most useful parts of this were the early descriptions elaborating on the difference between a Product Manager and a Project Manager, as well as some of the descriptions of what PMs do at various tech companies. After that though, I found less value in this one. Going into how to write cover letters and resumes wasn't as useful.

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adamfortuna | 1 andere bespreking | May 28, 2021 |

Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product… door Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Some reasonable insights into the PM interview process in general; more useful for the specific insights into PM interview process at specific companies (Google, etc.) and how they think differently about the PM role.

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octal | 1 andere bespreking | Jan 1, 2021 |

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