# orrsella/soft-eng-interview-prep

Everything you need to know for a Software Engineering interview

Repository: https://github.com/orrsella/soft-eng-interview-prep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/soft-eng-interview-prep
Homepage: https://orrsella.gitbooks.io/soft-eng-interview-prep/content/
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: interview, software-engineering, interview-prep, engineering-interview
Last push: 2023-03-07T11:45:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
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- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2244, forks 457 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:30.012241+00:00)

## What it is
A concise study guide covering the theoretical material needed to pass big tech (Facebook/Google) software engineering interviews, available as a GitBook. It summarizes complexity, data structures, algorithms, operating systems, networking, system architecture, Java, and OOP.

## Use cases
- prepare for a software engineering interview at a big tech company
- review data structures and algorithms before an onsite interview
- find a quick refresher on complexity and system design concepts
- study operating systems and networking fundamentals for interviews
- get an executive summary of interview material in a few hours of reading

## When to choose
- you want a short, focused summary rather than a lengthy textbook like CTCI
- you are preparing for Facebook/Google-style coding and system design interviews
- you need a quick pre-interview review you can read multiple times

## When to avoid
- you need hands-on coding practice or mock interview problems
- you want deep, comprehensive coverage of any single topic
- you need interview prep for roles other than software engineering

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: tutorials, education, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: interview-prep, software-engineering, data-structures, algorithms, gitbook, study-guide

## Member repositories
- orrsella/soft-eng-interview-prep (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.012241+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:02.191099+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/orrsella/soft-eng-interview-prep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.012241+00:00, sha dba5c7462569)
  - homepage: https://orrsella.gitbooks.io/soft-eng-interview-prep/content/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:24:37.947501+00:00, sha 76701c501ce1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.