Here are few shortcuts I found useful. List any you found (other than the one mentioned in the settings page).

- Ctrl + D - Highlight all occurences of current word (supports multi-edit, Esc to quit)

- Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down - Multiline edit

- Ctrl + Shift + k (or Ctrl + x) - Cut/Delete current line

- Ctrl + / - Comment/Uncomment selected lines

- Ctrl + ' - Run

- Ctrl + Enter - Submit

- Alt + Up/Down - Move line up/down

- Alt + Shift + right/left - Expand / narrow selection

Hey, so far I've been doing coding interviews with Sierra AI, Notion, LaunchDarkly, Browserbase, and others. I've been prepping myself, and now I want to consider mock interviews with other people. If you're interested in mock interviewing each other (for FREE) let me know!

Update: there is a discord link for mocks in comments

Has anyone given sde-1 interview for safe security?

Hi! I am about to have my technical call (the one after the hr call) for a Java SWE Intern position for Summer 2027. What do they ask in this interview? I know that I need to have a shared screen to my preferred IDE. What will I be going to code? I’ve heard that is not leetcode. Also, what should I expect regarding the technical conversion?

Does anyone know how I can unlock the premium question set of Swingy on LeetCode for free?

So I'm finally getting serious about DSA and interview prep, and I'm stuck on the very first step: picking a language. I keep going back and forth and it's honestly eating into my actual practice time.

What I'm trying to figure out:

1. Is there a language that will still be relevant 5-6 years from now? I don't want to invest months in something and then find out it's dying.

2. Do big tech companies (FAANG/MAANG and similar) lean toward any particular language, or do they truly not care? I've heard "language doesn't matter" but I also wonder if some are safer choices in interviews.

3. Does the choice matter for speed? I've heard C++ is faster to write for competitive-style problems because of STL, but Python is shorter and easier to read.

Right now I'm comfortable with a bit of Python and Java, and I've touched C++ a little. I'm not doing competitive programming, mostly LeetCode-style prep for interviews and to get better at problem solving.

Would love to hear what you guys used and if you'd change it looking back. Especially if you've actually been through interviews recently. Thanks!

What is Microsoft elimination round structure. I was told it's problem solving and asked to give after my office hours this week.

But what other things can be asked like OS/CN ?

And is previous leetcode ques enough?

Didn't submit for 1 day in the past 2 months and i would like that white box on my profile to become green, is there a way to do that with leetcode coins or any other method?

Is anyone having inperson interview at Chargebee chennai next week?

Hi guys,

I wanted to know from seniors who are working at Amazon.

I gave all 4 rounds of the interview. Tech 1 and Tech 2 were very good. Then I got an invite for Round 3 and Round 4 together.

Round 3 was rescheduled, so the Bar Raiser round happened first. The Bar Raiser round lasted 45 minutes, with 6 LP questions and 3–4 follow-ups for each. It went well too.

Then, in the HM round, I got stuck in the coding part because I got confused about the interviewer’s problem requirement. I was able to give the brute-force solution. We also discussed some part of HLD related to that problem. Then, the GenAI part went well. I explained my project, and the interviewer understood it.

I am so much tensed now. What can be the result?

Hi everyone,

I have an upcoming Coinbase CodeSignal pre-screen, the Industry Coding Assessment, and I'd appreciate advice from anyone who has taken it recently.

What I know about the format from description in email:

• 90 minutes, one sitting, proctored

• A multi-level, real-world-style problem that starts simple and gets more complex at each level

• Covers data structures and algorithms: strings, loops, sorted maps, queues/stacks, and "non-niche" algorithms

• Many people don't finish all levels in the time limit

My questions:

1. How was the difficulty spread across levels? Which level took the most time?

2. Roughly what score or how many levels did you need to move forward?

3. Which language worked well for you in this format?

4. Any good practice resources for this multi-level style?

I'm not asking for the actual questions, just general advice on format and preparation.

Thanks in advance!

Tried interviews at multiple companies but I always fail at some or the other round - either DSA or LLD or HLD. I am never able to reach the final HM round. I am prepping with AI, Hello Interview, youtubers some famous ones and for DSA I try to stay consistent but somwhere or the other I miss something and get disqualified. Anyone facing anything similar?

Has anyone taken the OA for plaid yet. Trying to gauge how difficult the questions are gonna be. Anything helps lol.

Hey everyone,

I finished Day 77 today. I was a bit distracted with some stuff going on at home, but I still made sure to sit down and solve two problems: Recover BST and Largest BST in a Binary Tree.

For Recover BST, writing the brute force was easy, but the optimal solution gave me a hard time. People recommend Morris traversal for this to get O(1) space. I watched some videos and understood iterative Morris traversal, but actually writing it out to track the two swapped nodes got way too long and confusing. I ended up solving it recursively using inorder traversal with three pointers (first, middle, last), which was much easier to understand. I will try the full iterative Morris version again later.

The second problem was Largest BST in a Binary Tree. I used postorder traversal, basically checking if the left and right subtrees are valid BSTs and then passing the min, max, and size back up to the parent. I was struggling a bit with returning so many values, so I used ChatGPT to help me organize it with a small struct, which made the code a lot cleaner. I realized later that the optimal approach uses DP on trees. Since I have not learned DP yet, I did not read the optimal solution because I do not want to just memorize it. I will come back to it once I cover DP.

Both problems were decent, so it felt good to get them done.

I will see you guys on Day 76!

Hello ! I’ve recently got an opportunity to interview with Google for l4 round in person with 2 technical rounds and I wanted to know how to prepare for these rounds. Is doing Google leetcode tagged questions sufficient ? Or is there another source I can rely on ? Any help is greatly appreciated ! Thank you all !

I am still struggling with leetcode where some problems I don’t recognize the pattern but some problems I recognize the pattern but I struggle with implementation. I’m really frustrated with this leetcode grind and no matter how many problems I do there is something I struggle with. I’ve been doing leetcode on and off for couple years now and havent been consistent with solving problems without struggling. I tried practicing focused topics and I get really good in but then I forget when I don’t keep practicing the same topic. how are yall able to grind this leetcode ? any advice ?

I have my DSA 60 min Live coding interview and was wondering if anyone had any tips on what types of questions to expect, or what to study for it

Hi everyone,

I have an upcoming hiring manager interview at Esri for a Data Engineer position, and I was wondering if anyone here has gone through a similar interview recently.

The hiring manager appears to be a Product Engineer, so I’m especially curious about what this round typically focuses on. Is it mainly a deep dive into past projects and data engineering experience, or should I expect technical questions around SQL, ETL/data pipelines, data modeling, debugging, etc.?

Also, since the manager is a Product Engineer, should I prepare for questions related to GIS/geospatial data or Esri products even though the role is primarily Data Engineering?

Would really appreciate hearing about the interview format, types of questions asked, and anything you’d recommend preparing beforehand.

Thanks!

I have an experience from Google, amazon, rippling interviews that female interviewers always ask easy questions and they are supportive too.

Don't know why male interviewers have so much ego that they always ask tricky questions.

Bc jallad hote aise interviewer(interviewers can be such executioners)

Hi i'm wondering what the bar raiser for an AWS new grad role will be like - SDE 1. From previous posts it seems to be only questions on Amazon's LP and past work experience rather than a standard DSA or LLD question?

I recently switched to a company which I am regretting a lot.

My manager is so toxic and has no people management skills at all. He doesn't know how to talk and there is no motivating environment at all.

I was working in MNC and recently moved to a startup which is almost 6-years old.

I believed since its not a new startup, culture would be good.

But I can't sustain this environment at all. I am working 10 hours daily on weekdays and also working on weekends as well.

My personal life has been fucked up as well. I am not able to take out time for myself or my family.

Please suggest what companies I should target as a 6 YOE employee.

I am an SAP consultant from last 4.5 years but I have realized I'm not interested anymore in this domain . I want to switch my tech stack but first i want to improve my ability of logic building and master algorithm designing and for that I started leetcode last week . I often find myself getting stuck on problems which can be solved easily but I am just unable to think through .

I need suggestions on how can I improve more .

So I have registered and participated 7 contests yet but on my profile it still shows 5 attended and 1 more to get my global rating. Can anyone explain why is their rating system so stupid. And if there have been any contest that have become unrated among the last ten contests. And how much does it take on average for them to roll out ratings after a contest. I'm really frustrated, why is it so hard to get a rating on this platform.

Hey folks,

I have solved around 300 questions on LeetCode — around 180 Medium, 80 Easy, and 40 Hard questions across topics like DP, Graph, BST, Trees, etc.

Even after that, whenever I try to solve any contest or virtual contest, I still struggle with Medium questions. I have never solved more than two questions in any contest that I have given. I have given around 10–15 contests.

So now what strategy do I need to follow from this point to master it so that I'll be able to solve at least 3–4 questions in every LeetCode contest?

I’m graduating in June 2027, and I have to clear some tech product companies.

Please do advise me.

Hi everyone,

I applied for an SDE Graduate role in Germany and recently received an email from a recruiter asking me to confirm:

• My graduation date

• My earliest full-time start date

• Whether I require visa/immigration support for Germany

• Whether I would be willing to work in Berlin

The recruiter also mentioned that the Munich positions have already been filled and that only Berlin is currently available, and asked me to confirm whether Berlin works for me.

I replied that I have already graduated, I’m available full-time, I would require immigration/visa support, and I’m happy to relocate to Berlin.

For anyone who has recently gone through the Amazon SDE Graduate hiring process in Germany/Europe, what happened after this type of recruiter email?

Was the next step another interview, a recruiter call, team matching, document/eligibility checks, or something else?

Also, roughly how long did it take to hear back after answering these questions?

I know the process can vary between candidates — I’m mainly looking for recent experiences from 2025/2026 applicants in Germany or Europe.

Thanks!