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Theres generally no memorization required for leetcode style interviews, its about having a strong background in algorithms and data structures
by amusedcyclist 5y ago
Theres generally no memorization required for leetcode style interviews, its about having a strong background in algorithms and data structures
- pjmlp 5y agoWhich basically limits to newly graduates or those lucky to work in domains where dealing with leetcode style programming is daily stuff.
- amusedcyclist 5y agoYeah thats fair , definitely agree that its more useful when interviewing new grads
- tyingq 5y agoI say memorization because they don't allow you to look anything up. I can, for example, look at a problem and remember vaguely that there's an algorithm and/or data structure that's ideal for solving it and some of the high level concepts/keywords I would need to find it. I also know the right google foo to find it again, see if it's still current best practice, find a decent implementation of it, where good documentation is, and so on. I can't always bang it out on a whiteboard from memory though. If I could, I don't think that would somehow make me a better developer. It might make be a better T/A in an academic environment, but that's not typically what these kind of interviews are hiring for.