Gayle Laakmann McDowell
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Gayle Laakmann McDowell (born 1982)[1] is a software engineer and author.[3] She is the lead author of the career development series of books: Cracking the X.
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Gayle Laakmann McDowell in 2014 | |
| Born | Gayle Laakmann 1982 (age 42–43)[1] |
| Education | Episcopal Academy[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BSE, MSE) Wharton School (MBA) |
| Known for | Cracking the Coding Interview |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Recruitment Coding interviews Computer science Career development Software engineering |
| Institutions | Apple Microsoft CareerCup |
| Website | www |
Education
McDowell was educated at the Episcopal Academy[2] and the University of Pennsylvania where she was received Bachelor of Engineering (BSE) and Master of Engineering (MSE) degrees in Computer Science in 2005.[4]
Career
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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 big tech companies.[3]
First self-published in 2008, her book Cracking the Coding Interview provides guidance on technical job interviews, and includes solutions to example coding interview questions.[5] A followup was published in 2025 covering issues in recruitment, job hunting and behavioral interviews alongside material on big O notation, leetcode, algorithms and data structures called Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview.[6]
McDowell has also co-authored the books Cracking the PM Interview (for product managers: PMs),[7] Cracking the PM career[8] and Cracking the Tech Career.[9] Mainstream media coverage of her work include articles 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 commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science Masters graduation in 2016.[16][17][18]
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