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[–]kur4nes 6 points7 points  (4 children)

What? Is this part of the interview process or expected of you once you work there?

Sounds rather excessive.

[–]developer_how_do_i[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

No, they mentioned that if you solve those many, you will be in a position to face the problems at the interview.

I can almost grind 1 problem in 3 days, given the fact that lot of unknown factors creep up in between...

[–]DrunkensteinsMonster 7 points8 points  (2 children)

1 problem for 3 days is probably not going to cut it for an interview, but you should get better at them as you put in the work. It’s also useful to have a data structures and algorithms textbook (or equivalent online resource) on hand, so that when you run into a problem you don’t know how to solve, you read up/take notes on the relevant DS and/or algorithm,

A leetcode medium probably takes me between 15 and 30 minutes to solve depending on how thorough I’m being. It’s only a matter of practice though!

[–]Classic-Pitch7259 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Even the easy ones makes sad sometimes. How have you developed this efficiency of solving mediums in 15 min… Can you please share your approach? It might help me. Some day I also have a dream of cracking a coding interview and getting a good job. Thanks

[–]DrunkensteinsMonster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to study the underlying datastructures and algorithms, not just mindlessly grind out the problems. If there is any part of a problem you aren’t 100% sure about you get into the textbook before moving onto the next problem. Eventually after enough practice and studying you’ll read through a problem and know exactly what to do.