I would recommend very simple things really - 1. For Data Structures and Algorithms. - Join this site where active job seekers hang around and share interview

I would recommend very simple things really - 1. For Data Structures and Algorithms. - Join this site where active job seekers hang around and share interview questions - http://www.careercup.com http://www.careercup.com - Solve a question a day and post your solutions, read through that of others and comment. - This is an active community so you would get up and running with the basics quite fast. 2. For Design Patterns. - Do a "light reading" of this book - http://www.uml.org.cn/c%2B%2B/pdf/DesignPatterns.pdf http://www.uml.org.cn/c%2B%2B/pdf/DesignPatterns.pdf - Explore opensource projects and see if you can identify patterns.