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iandouglas opened this issue May 24, 2021 · 5 comments

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@iandouglas
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iandouglas commented May 24, 2021

As a user, if I choose a company from the list, I'd like to see a quick summary at the top of the kinds of problems known to be asked by that company, by frequency.

For example, if I pick Amazon from the list, having something at the top that says:

DFS: 26, DP: 18, Backtracking: 14, BFS: 14, Binary Search: 13, Heap: 13
Arrays: 12, 2-pointer: 10, Fast & Slow Ptrs: 8, Trie: 8
etc

This would help, for example, to narrow down which kinds of problems to study for a given company based on frequency. In this case, I should study DFS/Dynamic Programming/Backtracking/BFS way more than I should study bit manipulation, if I'm intervieiwng at Amazon.

@seanprashad
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Hey @iandouglas!! Thanks for suggesting this feature - it totally makes sense to me and would definitely be great to have!

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Thanks @seanprashad . This site yo'uve put together is FANTASTIC. I've given it out to my students at turing.edu as well as people that I coach on interviewing.io. Keep up the great work!

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That's incredible to hear @iandouglas!!!

This site started out as a side-project back in the final year of my undergrad - I was frustrated with finding free resources for software engineering interviews and could not afford premium subscriptions/courses (as I come from a underprivileged family).

My hope for this website is to continue supporting individuals from all over the world in their own interview prep journey and I intended to make sure it stays free, open, and unbiased for as long as I own it!

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Hey @iandouglas - looping back with fantastic news! An awesome contributor, @hiromik, submitted a patch which adds a new header section showcasing the patterns when selecting a company:

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I'll consider this issue solved with #113, but feel free to open a new issue if any problems arise!

@iandouglas
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@hiromik this looks great, thanks for this!! Thanks @seanprashad for considering this idea, I think it'll be really useful for people to get an idea of things to study for a given company.

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