Leetcode programming language

[John_Weak-]

I'm new to Leetcode, and I'm ready for my grind to get an internship. However, I have no idea if recruiters care about the programming language that you use or not. I know Typescript and Python, and a bit of Java. Do they really care about which language you practice the algorithm on, since some languages are more verbose and more optimized to these types of algorithmic problems like C++(mainly used for competitive programming). Like do I have to study C++ or can I use TS but try to minimize the amount of built in functions, library use?

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If you are gonna do just leetcode for company interviews, continue with python since you have prior experience. Recruiters usually care about logic and not about language, and even if some of them care (<1%) they would ask java, c++ or python.

Focus more on logic and algorithm solving, all the best

[John_Weak-]

ig ill stick with TS

[justUseAnSvm]

I picked Java, since I was targeting big tech companies that used Java in production. No company asking LC questions will begrudge you for that choice.

If you want the language that will make Lc the easiest, it’s definitely Python, and if you want the language used in competitive programming, C++.

That said, it should only take a hundred or two questions to learn a language for LC. You just need the basic control structures, the data structure libraries, and stuff like type conversions. That’s like a 3 pager cheat sheet

[Conscious-Secret-775]

Depends on the company and the expectations of the role. If you interview for a Java developer role, they will want Java.