How I Got Good at Coding Interviews 

meanwhile im preparing to do my interview tomorrow in c 🥲

still confused if solving these in python will be worth it or not, i am a noob btw and i loved this video of yours, earned a sub

hello, I currently do my challenges in java because I am most comfortable, but I do know a little python. Would you think it would be easier to do these problems in python? and if so should i sharpen my python knowledge?

@@naodderibe4148 I do think it's worth learning python, because it doesn't take too long and makes questions easier. In the past I used C++, but switched to Python and it's well worth it. I have never used Python at any job, only for coding interviews and it's the best decision I ever made.

@@NeetCode Hey Neetcode, how many leetcode questions did you do and how many hours per day you were studying?

Crack does make a person good at problem solving, I dunno about the bug free part. But crackheads get mad creative.

well, that was a fucking lie, and do you have some? plz?

Crack is literally the best for coding.

He is in google

🤣🤣🤣

@123 123 it's linked in the description

how you been doing so far?

😯

So, how is it going now?

@@jeremiahyoung4617 he prolly gave up 🤣

@@jeremiahyoung4617 its a good list but honestly the top companies ask questions that are a bit harder, i did get lucky on a few rounds and got similar questions but for the most part these questions are just "part 1" and then the interviewers tackle on a bunch more constraints and make them harder and harder, which makes sense since they dont expect you to just memorize but its still VERY brutal.

Can you give me that spreadsheet link now it's is not showing

Can you give now it is not showing

Sounds Good to me :)

Goodluck. Try other companies ad well. They're not that bad. 😊

@@NeetCode hey man thanks for the docs and 75 q, would have never heard about it. I subbed obviously

You get that job yet? I'm getting thirsty over here.

Goodluck

I'm experienced and still struggling to get interviews 💀. Got laid off a couple months ago.. the market is tough to say the least 😮‍💨 Were you able to find anything?

​@@NavJaswal I'm sorry to hear. yes; I agree and I also am experienced. I love algorithms but I feel this is too much and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with these opinions. I'm sorry to hear of your lay off and hope you settled something. It makes it so much harder! Good luck.

just saw you provided the link to the SS too, you're awesome :) if i ever get into FAANG, i owe you a dinner or drink or something

@@bujimagnai4138 u will one day bro, keep working hard

@@bujimagnai4138 how it going?

Thanks!

What?

He has a potential career in asmr.

Did you get the job though? I'd like to know

Happy it's helpful :)

Please keep going and never give up!!! I don't talk much about my personal life on this channel, but believe it or not i was in your same situation not too long ago. I promise, with enough hard work and patience, your success is GURANTEED!

@@NeetCode Promise! never give up!

@@idevbrandon You got this. Go for glory!!

Soon dude soon. It takes a single moment for success to come and all your failures become worth it. So just keep going and grinding! That moment is near.

maybe it is not just yours, 1.5 years it is huge, usually 2-3 months is enough to learn every single algorithm by heart with implementation, at least with pseudo code ...

I’ve been backend for 10 years and I don’t know anyone that solves these kinds of problems outside of interviews. Everyone needs to study for interviews because technical interviews are nothing like day to day work. In fact, in most contexts, if a dev is solving some tricky algorithm at work, they’re doing something wrong. There’s likely a well established library for it and hand rolling it will just make the code less maintainable and more error prone.

This is pretty normal and expected tbh.

@@_yakgreed, I never used anything remotely similar to these in my 3 years as a backend engineer

@yak to be fair majority of algorithms only show their use when companies need to handle enormous amounts of information which is really unnecessary at 99% of companies. Even large companies like FAANGS or large banks would be pretty optimised at this point. The only time this shines is in the rare case when a startup grows very fast into a massive company which is 0.01% of businesses

@@abz4852 ...then again, at work, I don't believe anyone is under this sort of time pressure to get some complex algorithm done perfectly. right, algorithms are fun; they find ways screw out the joy from them! :/

me right now is learning fundamentals of C# and then when i feel that the time is ready then i will ask them to buy me a new 2nd computer because I will transfer to my next goal which is to learn Unity and Blender... I am hoping on that time, coding is easy because at least I already learned some things of C# as wide as possible. *My first and only computer right now is a laptop that was bought in 2013, with intel celeron b830 1.8GHz 2 cores and it just costs 300 dollars which is very cheap = slow performance, so expect that it's really laggy/impossible if I use unity to practice. If this year later in 2022 I could have a computer it will be my 2nd computer in my whole existence(aside to smartphone)... but of course i will only ask them to buy me depends on my performance if I feel good and feel ready at programming then i will want to buy new computer so that i can continue to my next goal but in case i feel my knowledge is too weak, then i can assume my new computer would be in 2023 haha*

@@computer1889 lol did you just project your life on another dude?

@@computer1889 Thanks for your comment. It made me laugh a lot.

As much as I dislike LeetCode style questions, I find that they at least allow anyone to have a chance. Imagine a recent graduate with limited experience looking for a job. If every company would forget about algorithmic and data structure questions and instead they would ask about their own specific requirements and technologies it would be nearly impossible for them to prepare for every possible company.

@@DanielVazquez someone recommended there should be a highly accredited cert you just show that you have

Yeap! I've been a professional coder for 10 years... Never used any algorithmic code EVER! It's niche exotic programming, for niche exotic coding jobs. Being able to write solid, well tested and easy to understand and maintain code, is vastly more important than being able to write fancy algorithms!!!

@@sdwone but that doesn’t get you a job is the thing 💀 I’ve seen people who are grade A with explaining and handling code but get screwed over by algorithmic questions

@@sdwone there’s also a difference between software engineers and computer scientists. Engineers use software that is already made by computer scientists to develop their product. Computer scientists work with very low level, high math and very efficient code. You write Python? Computer scientists write the interpreter and other technologies that makes python accessible. While I do believe that the current interview system can be cheesed, by cheesing it you’re actually understanding very basic computer science concepts.

I am watching it after 3 years!

Same here! watching after 3 years

same！

I'm sure you still probably had some sort of a takeaway from it and that's what matters. I hope you're doing better now. Are there any tips that you might know about to prepare for faang?

For the programming part of ME it is similar to SWE.

Have you applied to junior jobs? They ask this all the damn time. You apply for a junior backend role, they don't ask you to create a backend project , oh no never that, they ask for algorithms. Same goes for every junior job. On the job, you are correct 100% but applying for the job most of the jobs will ask you these type of questions as part of the application process.

@@angelicking2890 where are you applying? FAANG? The other 99.99% don't.. every city has local coding jobs. I have hired at nearly every job I have had - I have never asked DSA questions, and have rarely encountered them myself during that time.

@@-Jason-L Not not FAANG, th.ese are local coding jobs , junior roles requiring me to go through many stages 5+ and 2 of them coding test - one live and one online. I can't showcase my projects even if it has the very skills that they desire unless I do well in algorithims. It's a joke. So many passionate skilled developers get thrown out the window because they are simply forced to get good at algorithims .

major product companies with large salaries and stock options tend to ask these questions

I was asked bst, tree and graph in most product based companies

All the best. Could we connect? I would like to ask you some things

@@gautamisane3240 Sure

@@gautamisane3240 let me know where would you like to connect.

Thanks. Linkedin is fine. I'll send you connection request!

How’s it going?

I wish my CS professors told me that when I was a student lol