Gayle Laakmann McDowell
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Gayle Laakmann McDowell in 2014
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| Born | Gayle Laakmann 1982 (age 41–42)[1] |
| Education | Episcopal Academy[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BSE, MSE) Wharton School (MBA) |
| Known for | Cracking the Coding Interview |
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| Fields | Recruitment Coding interviews Computer science Career development Software engineering |
| Institutions | Apple Microsoft CareerCup |
| Website | www |
Gayle Laakmann McDowell (born 1982)[1] is a founder, software engineer, and author.[3] She is known for a career development book, Cracking the Coding Interview.[4]
McDowell was educated at the Episcopal Academy[2] and the University of Pennsylvania where she was awarded Bachelor of Engineering (BSE) and Master of Engineering (MSE) degrees in Computer Science in 2005.
After working as a software engineer for Google she joined a small venture capital-funded startup company as the Vice President (VP) of engineering before being awarded a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[3] McDowell subsequently founded her own business, CareerCup.com, which helps people prepare for interviews at tech companies.[3]
First published in 2008, her book Cracking the Coding Interview provides guidance on technical job interviews, and includes solutions to example coding interview questions.[5] First published in 2008, it has been translated into seven languages: Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and Korean. It describes solutions to common problems set in coding interviews.[5][6] The sixth edition of the textbook was published in 2015.
McDowell has also published books on Cracking the PM Interview (for product managers: PMs),[7] Cracking the PM career[8] and Cracking the Tech Career.[9] Her work has been covered widely in the press including coverage in The New York Times,[10] The Guardian,[11] The Wall Street Journal,[12] USA Today,[13] U.S. News & World Report,[14] and Fast Company.[15]
McDowell gave the graduation speech at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science Masters Commencement in 2016.[16][17][18]
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