(99+) Key to nailing the interviews - LeetCode Discuss

(99+) Key to nailing the interviews - LeetCode Discuss

For the longest time, I thought that passing an interview requires you to successfully solve a problem. The solution you provide should be optimal and you need to code it.
My University hosted a Job Fair for Summer Internships, where despite my seniors telling me that Job Fairs are a waste of time, I decided to to go anyways. I visisted the Oath booth, was greeted by an inquiring face which I liked. Unlike other companies, they person took their time to go through my Resume, asked questions about my projects. I made sure to email that person later during the day to thank him for his diligence. I was later contacted by the same person to schedule telephonic interview rounds. Much to my delight, I scheduled those rounds in the following week. I know I should I have reserved atleast 1 week to practice, but this was my first time. Anyhow, I was asked the Peak Value in an Array problem. I gave a linear time solution, then gave a O(log(n)) solution. The second was a Single Runway Airport problem. It was a complicated problem, so I won't go into details. The interviewer was happy with my solutions and he scheduled me for another round. Mind you that I was a novice at LeetCode that time, and had hardly done like 3-4 problems. Later during the day, I googled the solution for the Peak Value problem and found the solution in LeetCode and that's when I realized how important it is to practice different kinds of problems.

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