# mre/the-coding-interview

Programming exercises, code katas and puzzles for your job interview training - or just for fun.

Repository: https://github.com/mre/the-coding-interview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-coding-interview
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: interview-practice, interview-test-task, language-learning, coding-interview
Last push: 2023-10-30T14:23:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4669, "days_push": 1038, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1743, forks 414 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.410296+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of programming exercises, code katas, and puzzles for coding interview training, with solutions contributed in multiple languages. It aggregates classic interview problems from sources like Project Euler and Google Code Jam.

## Use cases
- prepare for a coding interview
- practice algorithm puzzles
- find code katas to solve in python
- train for FAANG interview questions
- practice programming exercises for fun
- compare solutions to interview problems across languages

## When to choose
- you want a free, community-contributed set of interview problems with multi-language solutions
- you want a companion to books like Cracking the Coding Interview
- you want to contribute solutions in your language of choice

## When to avoid
- you need a structured, up-to-date interview prep curriculum
- you want actively maintained content with recent updates
- you need system design or behavioral interview preparation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: education, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: coding-interview, code-katas, interview-practice, programming-puzzles, python, javascript, algorithms

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.410296+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 2026-08-30T03:29:33.826235+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mre/the-coding-interview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.410296+00:00, sha 99620ef44511)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.