# Hawstein/cracking-the-coding-interview

Solutions for the book: Cracking the coding interview V4. Written in C++.

Repository: https://github.com/Hawstein/cracking-the-coding-interview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cracking-the-coding-interview
Homepage: http://hawstein.com/2013/03/14/ctci-solutions-contents/
Language: C++
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-10-01T03:57:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
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## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1472, forks 633 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.478352+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of C++ solutions to the 150 exercises from the book 'Cracking the Coding Interview' (V4), with accompanying written explanations on the author's blog. It is a study reference for software engineering interview preparation rather than a usable software tool.

## Use cases
- prepare for coding interview questions
- study C++ solutions to Cracking the Coding Interview exercises
- practice data structures and algorithms problems
- compare multiple approaches to classic interview puzzles
- learn string, linked list, and stack manipulation techniques

## When to choose
- you are working through the CTCI V4 book and want reference solutions in C++
- you want to see alternative approaches to classic interview problems
- you are preparing for technical interviews with algorithm questions

## When to avoid
- you need solutions for a newer edition of the book (V5/V6)
- you want solutions in Java or another language
- you need a maintained, production-quality codebase - this is a personal study archive with no license

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: education, programming-languages
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: interview-preparation, coding-interview, ctci, solutions, data-structures, algorithms, cpp

## Member repositories
- Hawstein/cracking-the-coding-interview (main) score 32

## Provenance
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- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:39.690382+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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