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Everytime I am discovering new concepts and new problems. Feels like a never ending loop. What are some basics that I can prepare which will help crack products companies for 3+?

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Can anyone tell me DSA cheat sheet for SDE2 level interviews?

Can anyone tell me DSA cheat sheet for SDE2 level interviews?- Grapevine

I am preparing for a SDE-2 role in a product based company. There are many online blogs that tells me what to prepare but I am looking out from where I can learn all of these things.

DSA - ?
LLD - ?
HLD - ?

Also let me know in the comments if you are also preparing for a switch in SDE-2 roles. 🥷

Preparing for SDE-2 at a product based company 👨‍💻

As a Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience, can you guys please guide me on preparation for DSA. Consider my current knowledge about DSA 0.

How should I start?
Approx how much time it will take?
How should I know what topics are more frequently asked at my level?
Any DSA plan for 0 to hero in DSA?

Apart from DSA I’m also preparing for HLD and LLD and I’d love to have recommendations from you folks about how to prepare these and where to prepare these from?

Also, if I’m missing something in my prep do let me know

DSA prep for interview

Software Engineer

I have 6 YOE as QA. First 3 years I was into manual testing and now since past 3 years, I am an SDET with tech stack- python, pytest , playwright, selenium. I am planning for the job switch now. I have not used much of DSA in my work. However I understand DSA is a must to clear interviews. 

I need help in preparation. From where and How to start the preparation? 

Please update your strategies , so that it will be helpful for all those preparing for interviews.

Need help! DSA strategies!

Quality Assurance

Any DSA solvers?
First time solving DSA and preparing myself to switch to better product based companies for higher package.
My question is: When I solve LeetCode, I am able to understand the question, come up with initial approach too but without looking into solution or explanation I am unable to solve it completely!😢
while watching a Youtube videos I am perfectly able to understand and solve the problem but when I solve a problem alone(without any resource) or live solve in mock interviews, I am stuck..

Anyone's gone thru the same phase, how to uplift myself from here?
TIA

I just think we should skip DSA rounds for existing FAANG employees.

I understand the importance of DSA rounds and is pretty much required for SDE 1 roles as their major work is to code. But for higher levels, it starts becoming less and less relevant and pointless.

In most companies DSA is to understand the basics of the candidate, can they write code, explain the problem and thought process. Now most FAANG interviewers look for the same thing. Now once I have cleared one that means I have proved myself to be someone who meets the bar, doing it again is just like "Well, have you continued grinding leetcode after getting the job". You can check design competencies, problem solving in design, mentoring etc. but why ask DSA and go through that gruelling interview process.

Your thoughts?

Skip DSA rounds

I'm learning DSA from striver almost completed his sheet with over 400+ questions,I have three years of non SDE experience(I'm a Policy Developer using a tool called Duckcreek) and am looking for SDE Jobs ,
Since I don't have relevant experience what all skills should I learn and add to my resume to apply for SDE Jobs..
Please suggest

SDE Jobs -3 YOE

Product analyst

I graduated in 2023 and currently I am working as a back-end developer (node js)  in iot based start-up. My CTC is 5.8 Lpa and it is a WFH job.

I have some free time in a day and want to prepare for the product based company. I couldn't figure out what I should start with?
Should I grind leetcode or codeforces? 

Apart from this, what additional things should I prepare for product based companies?
Any resources I should go through?

My target is to switch in the next 6 months with some decent pay.

DSA vs CP

Backend Engineer

I am trying to switch to a Data engineering role in a product based company. Please suggest some great practices and strategies to learn DSA with python and SQL to crack interviews at product based companies. 
 I have experience working in AWS data orchestration where I worked on step function creation, Glue, lambda, event bridge. Also used version control like GitHub. 
 Please suggest a way to crack interviews at product based companies for data engineering roles.

Strategies for learning DSA with python, SQL, Spark

Data engineer

Hey SDEs and techies out there, plz give me an info.
I have been consistently practicing DSA for the past 4 months , I have solved around <200 problems. Now when can I consider myself an interview ready? I can understand that "mere count" doesn't matter, but as an employee/hiring manager/Recruiter how much of Leetcode (say 3000+/500+ problem) will attract you to check out the profile/give referral/get interested in?
What else will you look out for in a candidate with 2YOE? Your insights will be valuable. Thanks a ton

Leetcode & DSA

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Currently working as SDE 1 and looking for SDE-1 opportunities only.
Asking what kind of things they ask us in interviews?
And how much they dive into them?
Like 
DSA is important. Except that what should I start preparing on?
Do companies really ask System design? If yes 
What they ask lld or hld?

What does an interviewer expect from a candidate who has less than 2 yoe?

SDE 2 interviews vary quite a lot from company to company and so it confuses me on what to focus on, can senior folks please guide?
What should be prior order between these and what are helpful resources you came across:
- HLD
- LLD
- DSA
- WEB DEV OR CORE ENGINEERING SKILLS

And will my personal projects matter for sde 2 roles?

SDE 2 interviews

I will be using a scale of 10 for better quantification. 


Python : 7/10
SQL: 7/10
PowerBI: 9/10
ML(Pandas): 6/10
PLSQL: 6/10
Advanced Excel: 8/10
Azure Databricks + DataFactory : Started learning
Apache Spark: Started learning
Communication skills: 9/10

Prior Work Ex: 1.8yrs as a PLSQL developer (started off as a fresher) + one SAP internship of 4months + one Data analyst internship of 1 month

Aspiration : Data Engineering Role

1. Is the above techstack enough to get me a good data engineering role? Will I be able to clear the technical rounds at companies like accenture, IBM etc with this profile? I have heard the barrier to entry for data engineering is higher than that of data analyst.

2. Do I need to learn DSA?

3. What salary range do I fall in with this profile? 


I seek your honest answer. I feel lost. 

Also, should I focus more on improving my cloud skills or shall I be more competent with my python skills? Which one would pay me off in a better sense financially? I certainly can not focus on all the tools at once.

Rate My Techstack: Potential Data Engineering Roles

I have an interview coming up with a fintech company in the internal tools/platform team that builds tools for SRE team.
YOE: 3 years
Have worked with Go, Kubernetes and mainly around infrastructure operations/programming.

How should I go about preparing for the interview? Any over the top topics in your mind that I should definitely prepare and any good resources that you think would help, please comment them. Sending props and good karma :)

🙏Require help in interview prep

Hi, I'm a software engineer with close to 6 YOE. This is my second company and I feel pretty stagnant here working for 3 years and see no growth. I've started preparing. Is DSA still being asked in the interviews even for people with experience ? How many rounds are there usually and what is being tested? Your advice would be very much appreciated :)

Need help:Starting preparations for a switch

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Hey community

I'm preparing for a Google interview as a SDE 3 for the Android team. I'd like to know which Data Structures and Algorithms topics are crucial for interviews at Google, especially in the Android domain. If anyone has experience with similar interviews, please share insights on the key DSA topics and Android-related areas that were important. 

TIA

Preparing for Google SDE 3 Android Interview

Software Lead

Hi guys, I have been into development for almost 5+ yrs but had never been into DSA Preparation. As after such time I have been trying to learn DSa thoroughly but the topics seems very difficult some time or I forgot things had to visit again and again. These things making it very difficult to maintain consistency and regularity in learning. At times it feels to leave the thought of applying at faang. Have any solutions or similar issues?.

Its been difficult to stay on track for DSA!!

Android Engineer

Hello  applied for the usi product Engineer role in Deloitte what about the DSA questions will they concentrate more on DSA because I have no idea of solving DSA but can visualise the logic and having 4 days in my hand can I crack the interview

Deloitte Usi Product Engineer role

I’m a college grad from IIT in CSE. I haven’t done any competitive coding or any proper coding during my college days for that matter. I have lost confidence in myself for some reason. I had taken up a business job but left it in a few months because I thought I could do better. 
I want to do competitive coding but as soon as I open my laptop, anxiety kicks in. 
I need guidance on how to proceed and what recourses should I use. 
I don’t want to waste my degree as I feel I can do better than my previous job. 

Please help me on fighting my demons.

Confused about how to proceed in life

My company is going to fire me and i dont have enough skills to get hired. I have switched from QA to Development. But my logical skills are not upto interview level. What should i do and i have a month time?

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