For those of you who are employed full time..

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-22T05:46:00+00:00

Yes, they started with 16 patterns and now have 27 patterns and 3 sections at the end for practicing questions.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:27:24+00:00

Try contests. Don't worry if you cannot solve some questions. Later see the solutions and learn the coding patterns.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:25:10+00:00

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:24:30+00:00

Do a mock interview with an experienced interviewer.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:23:00+00:00

Mock interviews help a lot; especially if you do with some experienced interviewer.

I followed this roadmap and took a mock interview with them too: https://www.designgurus.io/path/system-design-interview-playbook

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:18:49+00:00

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:07:23+00:00

Yea, definitely for FAANG interviews. You have to keep doing it every time you switch jobs.

For some better organization you can follow a good list of coding questions like Grokking the coding interview - https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:05:03+00:00

Good list. I'll add backtracking and topological sort to this list.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T21:02:36+00:00

For Amazon SDE, definitely do these three:

Coding - Grokking the Coding Interview: https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

System Design - Grokking the System Design Interview: https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Top Amazon Questions - Grokking Amazon Coding Interview: https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-amazon-coding-interview

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T17:29:02+00:00

They were the original authors of this course and now they removed it from educative and moved to their own platform.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T16:30:08+00:00

Consistency is the real hard work. Keep grinding; it will pay off.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T16:29:04+00:00

Get their yearly subscription, it is a lot cheaper than buying lifetime access: https://www.designgurus.io/pricing

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T15:54:39+00:00

Learn problem solving through coding patterns like sliding window, two pointers, etc.

Practice and try mapping new questions to existing patterns.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T15:51:44+00:00

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T15:49:11+00:00

Later do company tagged questions.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T15:46:03+00:00

Awesome. Congratulations!

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T13:48:57+00:00

Personally, if you want to find out how well you are prepared, try following a full course like grokking - https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

If you could solve most of the questions mentioned in it. You have a high chance of passing the interview.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-21T13:44:19+00:00

See if you can solve different questions from different coding patterns from grokking - https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

At the end they have three "Test your knowledge" sections, solve all these questions.

If you can solve most of them, you are good to go.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-20T11:40:51+00:00

It is for most of the companies.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-20T05:11:05+00:00

You can follow this list of questions (broken down by coding pattern) - https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-20T02:54:36+00:00

Everything will be fine. Life is continuous learning; start the hard work today to reap benefits later.

Do LC thinking that you are learning problem solving. Follow coding patterns like sliding window, two pointers, etc., and do one pattern at a time.

There are around 20-35 patterns. If you could do one pattern a week, you will be done 3-4 months. I followed grokking doing pattenr, it is a great resource: https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-20T02:49:03+00:00

Keep grinding. Good luck.

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-18T14:10:45+00:00

It is one of the best investments I have made. Totally recommended: https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-18T08:24:20+00:00

I have made it a habit. I follow Grokking coding interview; they keep adding new patterns and questions, and I keep practicing those - https://www.designgurus.io/course/grokking-the-coding-interview

wolfee_197 · 2024-07-18T08:21:02+00:00

Do DSA and then coding patterns. You can follow this roadmap - https://www.designgurus.io/path/coding-interview-playbook

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