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 > I studied about 8-12 hours a day, for several months. This is my story: [Why I studied full-time for 8 months for a Google interview](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-i-studied-full-time-for-8-months-for-a-google-interview-cc662ce9bb13)
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+> **Note** you won't need to study as much as I did. I wasted a lot of time on things I didn't need to know. More info about that below. I'll help you get there without wasting your precious time.
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 > The items listed here will prepare you well for a technical interview at just about any software company,
 > including the giants: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
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