Lately after my day job I have been preparing for interviews(scheduled 45 days now) a. Completed a basic DSA course in a week. So now I have been spending time 3-4 hours after work on preparing for Leetcode interview questions and System Design.
My God do I feel stupid not being able to solve even the 'Easy' questions! Often I get stuck for 20 minutes or so and then end up looking at solutions.
For background -> I have been working for a little over 2 years in SAAS backend. Decent at my job. While I know that acing Leetcode is not a true representative of your developer capabilities, it is unfortunately a required skill if you have to crack high paying development jobs(especially in Product based companies).
I have a few questions for those who are good at solving Leetcode questions or have been practicing there for a while and have now developed intuition. Felt this might also be useful for other folks who are in Leetcode grind.
My God do I feel stupid not being able to solve even the 'Easy' questions! Often I get stuck for 20 minutes or so and then end up looking at solutions.
For background -> I have been working for a little over 2 years in SAAS backend. Decent at my job. While I know that acing Leetcode is not a true representative of your developer capabilities, it is unfortunately a required skill if you have to crack high paying development jobs(especially in Product based companies).
I have a few questions for those who are good at solving Leetcode questions or have been practicing there for a while and have now developed intuition. Felt this might also be useful for other folks who are in Leetcode grind.
- Is there a list of MUST-DO and ALMOST-BY-HEART questions I should target first?
- Any kind of notes that people have compiled after solving questions. Like notes with patterns/techniques noticed that can be used on multiple questions with minor tweaks?
- Any other suggestions/tips/pointers that should ideally be addressed in my attack plan for next ~40 days? I'll try to strategize based on your recommendations.