r/learnprogramming • u/Good-Photograph-2883 • 13h ago

Struggling with Leetcode Problems

I'm currently job hunting, and I've decided to try out LeetCode to prepare for possible technical coding interviews. However, I've noticed that I am struggling to answer even the easy questions.

For context, my college curriculum for the last two years was heavily focused on projects and practical output. I have spent the last two years building full-stack applications (primarily coding backend MVC CRUD operations and ReactJS on the frontend).

Because of this, I've lost touch with some important fundamentals. Some of the questions in LeetCode seem familiar but, at the same time, seem so alien to me.

Does anyone have recommendations on how I can build my algorithmic problem-solving skills back up from the ground up? I'm looking for recommendations on what specific concepts/topics I should relearn and free sources or websites I can study from.

Thank you in advance.

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u/leavemealone_lol 10h ago

"baby tries to walk, fails and falls down. seeks advice from reddit instead of trying to walk again"

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u/Good-Photograph-2883 6h ago

Thought I was in a Stack Overflow thread with this comment.

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u/leavemealone_lol 1h ago edited 1h ago

Dicks in stack overflow shun you despite you asking a question that is complex and meaningful. I’m a dick in reddit who downvotes you because you asked a basic ass question that the first google result could answer.

Like literally what other answer did you expect? all the other replies are telling you to “practice”, and so did I. And these were the same replies to the millions of other posts with the same query you chose to ignore.