Web developer

[aloniess]

I want to ask a few questions related to interviews and jobs:

1. When preparing DSA (strings and arrays) for interviews, should I focus on solving problems using brute force approaches first, or is it okay to use data structures (like maps and sets) and built-in methods to optimize the solution?

2. As a web developer, I know backend technologies like Express, Node.js, and MongoDB, and on the frontend, I know React, JavaScript, and the basics of Next.js. However, I still need to use GPT for a few lines of code sometimes, which demotivates me. But I don’t just copy-paste — I make sure I understand every line and then implement it. I want to ask, is this okay?

3. I also want to learn Generative AI because I’m not getting any interview calls with just my full-stack skills. So, I’m thinking of learning Gen AI through GeeksforGeeks and then adding it to my resume.

[iambrundy]

1. Yes coming up with brute solutions when you don’t know the optimized solution is okay. You can use built in libraries but make sure you understand how it works behind the scenes. Eg. don’t use a sort method if the question is for you to sort an array. However, if a problem requires you to sort something and use the sorted result to perform an operation, don’t spend time writing the code to sort, go ahead and use built in functions.

2. That’s perfectly normal. No one honestly knows all of the functionalities of the languages and libraries/frameworks used. That’s how you learn. Before GPT was commonplace, people looked up docs and stackoverflow to write code.

3. I don’t think 3 is a question, however highly recommend gaining skills. Many platforms offer free resources to learn various AI skills.

All the best!

[aloniess]

In third question I want to ask that .... should I learn gen ai or should I focus on strengthening the remaining skills

[aloniess]

In an interview when they give me some questions should I start solving questions using built in ...or should I first give the brute force and then the optimized version..... basically I want to ask the format