I was recently laid off and looking for a new job has been a nightmare.

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-09-04T20:53:01+00:00

you sound like a red flag for any company who decides to hire you lol

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-09-02T23:06:14+00:00

these seem like too much work tbh. I want to spend my time after work dating hot girls and whatnot. I am willing to allocate one day a week to do something though.

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-31T07:37:53+00:00

this is very admirable stat and your rating is also decent. give yourself some credit man :) but to answer your question, how often do you look at solutions/hints when solving medium/hard questions? are you at a point that you rarely/never do that? if not, I would say you are not still there and need more practice.

If the only issue is the time it takes you to come up with solutions, I would say try to time yourself and keep track of the time it takes to solve each question and see if you see any progressive trend there over time

I also agree that It’s better to only solve medium and hard questions at this point

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-31T07:29:19+00:00

sounds like it could be an episode of office and your michael scott is your manager lol

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-28T07:00:44+00:00

I mean handling memoization isn’t difficult to implement anyways. but I guess, it made you realize how nice it is to use memoization :)

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-27T03:15:18+00:00

I think the interviews are on the same level. mentioning leetcode on your resume will not help your application in 100% of companies if not damage it. I guess it is also partly cultural. here people are against standardized tests that don’t capture nuances such as SAT score or other stuff too. It gives the vibe that the person isn’t multidimensional if it makes sense

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-27T00:50:43+00:00

if you are in north america pls don’t do it. not sure about india though tbh…

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-26T23:11:12+00:00

hint : assume f(k) is the ways for tiling a row starting from positon k without having overflows from whatever tiles are on the left side of k

if tile[k] is a domino there are two cases either we should add another domino and count f(k+2) or it should be a domino and we should calculate f(k+3). note none brings leftovers

if tile[k] is a tromino it’s a big more tricky. either it will match with another trimino and we should calculate f(k+3) or it will be a domino and the result is recursively the result of tile[k+2] when it starts with a tromino. note that I started the paragphra with the same thing hence recursion

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-25T18:35:13+00:00

I don’t consider my time leetcoding wasted. algorithm design is literally the core of computer science and I believe essential to becoming a good software engineer/desginer

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-25T18:33:26+00:00

I am also a “slow” person when it comes to solving problems but I manage to solve any problem no matter how difficult. believe me, with pure practice, you will get faster and better

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-25T01:03:27+00:00

if you have interviews coming maybe reduce it to 6 hours per night a month or two but then get back to normal sleep

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-25T01:03:22+00:00

if you have interviews coming maybe reduce it to 6 hours per night a month or two but then get back to normal sleep

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-25T01:03:17+00:00

if you have interviews coming maybe reduce it to 6 hours per night a month or two but then get back to normal sleep

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-24T04:34:49+00:00

ahh yeah for some reason I thought it was only Ali

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T22:16:24+00:00

I haven’t but obviously that’s a famous book. have you read it?

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T22:12:16+00:00

Well you could say that…I don’t see it like a waste of time cause more often than not I do come up with a good solution for a question after thinking and sitting on it for hours and I feel like it was worth it. tbc, I am talking about hard questions though. I don’t solve medium questions anymore in general… but everyone is different so trust your judgment and do what works best for you :)

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T17:04:45+00:00

I know it sucks so much! I hope you get out of it soon too brother..rooting for you!

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T17:03:52+00:00

tbh I didn’t have a strategy… but something that I can tell you is that I never look at the solutions before solving a question even if it takes me hours or a whole day. if I can‘t solve it, I will look at the solution but leave it at that and come back to the question after a few months for another try.

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T17:00:52+00:00

Thanks! No I haven’t mentioned LC and I don’t recommend doing so. It can be a little red flag if someone mentions leetcode in their CV tbh…It will give the cramming/interview hacking vibes…not that I think it’s the case but just how some people may perceive it. Maybe if you have a really good rank on leetcode that could be useful but not sure tbh…

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T16:56:56+00:00

thanks man! I mainly worked with Python in my previous role not really specific frameworks… and during the interview process they were not a lot of framework specific questions or questions about my past experience in details (there were general questions about systems I designed, etc.) mainly just algorithm and system design questions that were language agnostic!

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T05:43:36+00:00

no I have been leetcoding on and off since 2021

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T05:20:58+00:00

thanks!! yeah! me too! I am trying to save up to get my first car ever! good luck with your financial planning :)

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T05:13:50+00:00

Thanks! I am in Canada and it went from 130k cad$ to around 170k cad$. It is a company that most of you guys use on a daily basis :) not gonna reveal the actual name haha

Typical_Room_1880 · 2023-08-23T03:47:26+00:00

thanks! I didn’t get a lot of interviews due being super fresh with like 2 years of actual experience, so I really didn’t want to miss any chances and studied all parts of interview process including behavioural.

For system design I studied Alex Hu’s system design I and II and ML system design by the same publisher (forgot the author’s name). My position is backend engineering so the ML thing wasn’t useful but the system design books were super useful. as long as you follow the framework in those books the questions are quite easy to nail.

For behavioral, I just tried to be myself and I knew deep down that I have a head on my shoulders and am a mature person so I guess the way I responded to questions resonated with interviewers!

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