Yes and I believe that the skills acquired made me more efficient as a programmer in certain areas - mostly optimisations and game programming.
If you're organised and manage your energy wisely I'd say you could prepare well in ~2-3 months. While a lot might not agree, I think that instead of moaning on how to avoid the technical interviews and how useless the questions are the time is better spent on focusing and getting it done.
If you're organised and manage your energy wisely I'd say you could prepare well in ~2-3 months. While a lot might not agree, I think that instead of moaning on how to avoid the technical interviews and how useless the questions are the time is better spent on focusing and getting it done.