Thoughts on which is more effective / useful / applicable for interviews?
Why not both?
They’re both excellent
I found Leetcode more useful mostly because of the discussion section - having multiple explanations of different approaches makes it much easier to understand solutions.
I would say.. LC.. CCI i finished long back.. nothing worked.. Atleast i got one question from LC. BTW just checking if I am truly unfortunate human being.. Have bagged 150+ LC, mostly Medium and Hard.. after than most will fall in similar pattern.. but I could never crack Amazon MS.. Just wondering how people did before cracking em
Honestly I don't think you need LC level practice to crack Amazon or MS.
Is it because Amazon and MS asks harder questions than in LC? Or is it too easy?
CTCI is like intro leetcode.
Start with CTCI - great way to cover all topics and usually doesn’t take that long. After CTCI, start leetcode to dive deep and practice on certain topics or for certain companies.
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Will depend on which source is your particular interviewer is using.