In this regard, is Cracking the Coding Interview still relevant?
The most of the book can be considered timeless for now. Yes, there are parts of the book describing the interview processes at different tech companies, but not even that parts are useless, regardless of when you read them. If Google or Apple were to disappear, interview tips would still be useful in other places.
Also, what language does Cracking the Coding Interview use? Cracking the Coding Interview (5th edition) is entirely in Java, other than a chapter on C++. Java was chosen because it's the most universally understandable. The point of the book is to focus on algorithms, not a specific programming language.
Likewise, people ask, how long does Cracking the Coding Interview take?
With 189 questions, that's an average of about 5 minutes per problem (again not counting reading time). In this case, I would recommend picking one representative question per chapter to do a full practice interview and then going relatively quickly, but thoroughly, through the rest of the problems.
Why are coding interviews so hard?
Coding Interviews are generally difficult because the interviewer or the organization wants to hire the best of the best, and the work would generally include a lot of algorithm or product development.
