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I'm preparing for interviews and even if I do at the rate of 75 questions per month, Leetcode adds a significant number of questions by the end of few months. I always feel like I still have a lot to do before I'm ready for interviews. Any advice on how to prioritize questions?
If you are going question by question and expecting sone magic then may be you are not for google/ fb. There us lot more which is expected apart from leetcode depending on experience.
Not discouraged by this. Please stop saying someone is not fit for something. You never know. I can even become the president.
Not everyone can get into Google just because they try hard. You do actually need to be born smart. I feel like everyone and their grandma thinks they can become a software engineer these days. There is something called inherent ability and intelligence. Some people were born dumber than others, no amount of leetcoding will help with that. Google wants naturally smart people, they don’t want people who are able to game the system using leetcode, so they keep trying to come up with new questions.
Try to cover topics not individual questions
Agree but many interviews have become binary decision especially time constraint
I interviewed for a few top companies after doing about 20 questions in one week to practice and got in to a few (failed some too), sounds like you're exaggerating with your prep. 75 in one month should be way more than enough if you have the basic skills.
You must be very smart to solve problems on the fly then. 20 wouldn’t cover most topics imo. People find it difficult to clear FANG even after solving 200-300 questions. How many yoe do you have? Any tips you can give on smart preparation? I can PM you if you’d like to share.
20 is still too less to cover all the topics. But the questions you do make sure you go through discussion forum and try to see if there is any other way to solve it (even sub optimal) rather than going for the count...
You don't need to do all of them. I only did like 50 and passed all the companies I interviewed at.
FNG as well? That’s cool. People find it difficult to clear FANG even after solving 200-300 questions. How many yoe do you have? Any tips you can give on smart preparation? I can PM you if you’d like to share.
Just google from FANG since Facebook had no openings in seattle that looked like a good match, netflix does not have a seattle office AFAIK and I already worked at amazon. I fully did about 30. After that, I probably have like 20 more mostly done but I just never bothered to pass every stupid corner case. Did a few more in my head and would read through the explanations to make sure I had the optimal algorithm. Oh, and most of the questions I did were easy/medium, only a few hard.
Isn't leetcode intended for preparation and getting stronger in problem solving overall, not for learning problems you might get asked by heart?
Quality over quantity. Also don't waste time on Hard problems. Cracking the coding interview plus maybe 100 leetcode questions is enough usually. I did that (pretty sure less than 100).
I’ve gotten a Hard problem from leetcode at FB on-site
Sure but it's so rare that it's not worth optimizing for. Mediums should get you enough practice to at least approach the hard problem. Spending 10 hrs doing 5 hard problems is less effective than spending 10 hrs doing 15 mediums. And we usually have a very limited time budget for this kind of stuff.
I just wonder who is adding the new questions and how they get the new questions.
People.
4 question per week
I have to come up or adopt new interview questions 4 times in the last 12 months because new questions were always posted on leetcode by someone and then got banned. People should respect the NDA! I think leetcode has its value and 100 to 150 sample problems should be enough for people to get familiar with the process, data structure and algorithms. Posting or practicing every latest interview problem from every major tech company seems unnecessary and a waste of time to me.
Why I think you are so right about it! But the thing is you cannot stop people from making money. And leetcode is such a good idea in silicon valley where all good / medium companies are hiring people with the same “exam” :)
No. Leetcode is life. Embrace it.
Damn. Your life is pathetic!
Wake up OP!