Long term Leetcode Study Plan

IBM
rLeI77

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rLeI77
Sep 23, 2021 14 Comments

Hi All,

I recently accepted a new position. Through the entire process I realized how valuable LeetCode is. After doing a 2.5 month "crash course" (blind 75, company tagged questions, explore page), I was able to do decently well in interviews (got around 8-9 offers this time - all in Canada). This got me to thinking of what I could achieve with longer consistent prep, truly understanding all solutions and patterns instead of somewhat regurgitating them. I got a few rejections at top companies like Google, NVIDIA where I felt more practice, and more understanding of the solutions would have helped.

My question is does anyone have long term study plans (6 months - 1 yr, even longer) that they recommend? Resources apart from LeetCode that I should take into account for my next company jump? Just want to make sure that I'm preparing consistently this time, so that I'm ready whenever I decide to jump next.

YOE: 2
TC: 100k CAD
#leetcode

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TOP 14 Comments
  • One leetcode a day, pip away.
    Sep 23, 2021 1
  • Do competing programming instead if you want to learn concepts. Leetcode sets everything up for you, the boiler plate, the edge cases everything. Competitive programming will force you to learn concepts to solve the problems since they are so abstract sometimes. If you can get good at competive programming you’ll wipe the floor with most lc problems
    Sep 23, 2021 7
    • IBM
      rLeI77

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      rLeI77
      OP
      Yeah I feel like with CP, I don't even know where to start.
      Sep 23, 2021
    • Amazon
      bchzv6&j

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      bchzv6&j
      maybe some are mashup of concepts but others are straight up something u memorize and not really concepts. In any case, exposure and time sunk in is the key; I’ve seen a CP guy get hit with a new problem and couldn’t finish within 45min. But he could finish a LC Hard that’s similar enough to something he already knew in 5min as if he’s just transcribing something.
      Sep 24, 2021
  • I feel the same way. Recently accepted a job but I'd love to have a long term method of keeping my skills sharp
    Sep 23, 2021 2
  • Amazon
    SwissMan

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    SwissMan
    I would instead ask are there any courses on interview prep that teach you concepts and give you code cracking tips and tricks… And then may be conduct monthly hacking sessions and tell you about your strengths, weaknesses, problem areas etc!!??

    Like this could be a continous measurement oriented process that shows you went from X to Y
    Sep 23, 2021 0