Gayle emphasized mastering coding fundamentals and practicing with platforms like LeetCode. He advised starting interview prep early and building genuine connections for better opportunities.

Kathleen S. Crittenden, Richard J. Hill, Coding Reliability and Validity of Interview Data, American Sociological Review, Vol. 36, No. 6 (Dec., 1971), pp. 1073-1080 ...

How to Ace a Coding Challenge in a Software Engineering Interview Be sure to document your work and comment aggressively. There’s no one on the other side of the phone line to hear your thought ...

Per benchmarks shared, OpenAI o1 and o1-mini are exceptionally great at coding and have passed OpenAI's research engineer hiring interview for coding at a 90-100% rate.