After applying, the recruiter got back to me to schedule two 45-minute interviews, back-to-back. It was my first technical interview, so needless to say, I was super scared and excited.

I immediately bought the "Cracking the Coding Interview" book and studied it intensely. A lot of the material was a review from my Data Structures class, but that week of practice was invaluable. I practiced for about 1-2 hours a day.

The interview itself was a great experience. The interviewers were relaxed and friendly.

My biggest advice:

• Prepare, prepare, prepare!
• But don't forget to loosen up and maintain a playful tone.

You're going to be working with humans the entire time, so it's no good if you can code but not communicate.

Don't fret over mistakes; just fix them.

Signed a NDA, but it was really basic data structures stuff.

Just prepare what the recruiter sends you in the Google Doc.