Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

Author(s): Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Difference between 6th and 5th editions
Side by side comparison of table of contents helps to figure out the most significant changes.

Key differences between 6th and 5th editions

Time lapse between current and previous publications: 4 years (2015 vs 2011).
The Sixth edition of McDowell's text includes 179 pages of new content, bringing the textbook from 508 pages to over 687 pages.
New topics covered in the Sixth Ed:
Acquihire vs. acquisition
Big O notation
Advanced topics (topological ordering, Djikstra's algorithm, Rabin-Karp algorithm, red-black tree binary search)
Suggestion for data structures, knowledge based interview questions, concepts and algorithms.

6th Edition of
Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

Paperback, 687 pages

ISBN-10: 0984782850
ISBN-13: 9780984782857
Published by: CareerCup, July 01, 2015

5th Edition of
Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

Paperback, 508 pages

ISBN-10: 098478280X
ISBN-13: 9780984782802
Published by: CareerCup, August 22, 2011

Paperback, 508 pages

ISBN-10: 1466208686
ISBN-13: 9781466208681
Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, August 22, 2011

4th Edition of
Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions

Paperback, 310 pages

ISBN-10: 145157827X
ISBN-13: 9781451578270
Published by: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, October 15, 2008