Coderust: Hacking the Coding Interview

Coderust equips you for coding interviews with practical problems and solutions in six programming languages.

Beginner

116 Lessons

40h

Certificate of Completion

Coderust equips you for coding interviews with practical problems and solutions in six programming languages.

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This course includes

715 Playgrounds

564 Challenges

This course includes

715 Playgrounds

564 Challenges

Course Overview

Are you looking to land a new software engineering job? With two new languages and all-new questions, the recently updated Coderust is here to help you break into or level up in the tech industry. Coderust was created by former hiring managers with years of experience in today’s top tech companies. The revamped course will walk you through a carefully curated set of sample problems from real-life coding interviews. Solutions are presented in six of today's leading programming languages. Every example come...Show More

What You'll Learn

Prepare for coding interviews

Develop skills to analyze a problem statement and break it down into smaller problems

Learn to pick the right data structure and algorithm to solve a given problem

Gain experience with a diversity of programming problems and techniques

Learn to compare alternative solutions quantitatively in terms of their space and time complexity

What You'll Learn

Prepare for coding interviews

Course Content

Getting Started

This chapter introduces the course's focus on common interview questions, offering solutions in six programming languages.

Course Overview

Who Should Take This Course

Arrays

In this chapter, you will explore array techniques including searching, sorting, and optimizing operations with practical challenges.

Implement Binary Search on a Sorted Array Rotate an Array by N Elements Search a Rotated Array Find the Smallest Common Number Find Low/High Index of a Key in a Sorted Array Move All Zeros to the Beginning of the Array Stock Buy Sell to Maximize Profit Merge an Array With Overlapping Intervals Find Pair With Given Sum in an Array Squares of a Sorted Array Container with Most Water Sort an Array Using Quicksort Algorithm Sort Colors Arrange the Largest Number Shuffle an Array First Missing Positive Integer Minimum Size Subarray Sum Next Element Greater than Subset Product of All Array Elements Except Self

Linked Lists

This chapter focuses on linked lists, implementation, reversal, sorting, merging, and advanced operations with real coding interview problems.

Implementation of Linked List Reverse a Singly Linked List Remove Duplicates from a Linked List Delete All Occurrences of a Given Key in a Linked List Sort Linked List Using Insertion Sort Intersection Point of Two Lists Find n'th Node from the End of a Linked List Swap Nth Node with Head Merge Two Sorted Linked Lists Sort a Linked List Using Merge Sort Reverse Even Nodes in a Linked List Rotate a Linked List Reverse Alternate K Nodes in a Singly Linked List Fold List on Itself Add Two Integers Represented by Linked Lists Copy Linked List with Arbitrary Pointer

Math & Stats

In this chapter, you will learn mathematical and statistical techniques such as permutations, combinations, and algorithms for numerical coding problems.

Find kth Permutation Integer Division Without Using * or /Pythagorean Triples All Possible Combinations for a Given Sum Find Missing Number Print All Permutations of a String Find All Subsets of a Set Is String a Valid Number?Calculate Power of a Number Calculate Square Root of a Number Check if Rectangles Overlap

Strings

This chapter covers string manipulation techniques, including reversing words, removing duplicates, and converting formats and relevant exercises.

Reverse Words in a Sentence Remove Duplicates from a String Remove White Spaces from a String Longest Valid Parentheses Word Break Problem Verify an Alien Dictionary XML to Tree Find all Palindrome Substrings Longest Palindromic Substring Regular Expression Matching in String Add Two Strings Add Two Binary Strings Roman Numerals to Integers Express a Number in English Words

Trees

19 Lessons

This chapter covers binary trees, including their implementation, traversal methods, and algorithms for operations like finding ancestors and maximum path sums.

Stacks and Queues

7 Lessons

This chapter discusses implementing stacks and queues, evaluating expressions, and other related coding problems.

Graphs

3 Lessons

In this chapter, you will learn about graph manipulation techniques including cloning directed graphs, constructing minimum spanning trees, and word chaining.

Back Tracking

4 Lessons

This chapter explores backtracking techniques for solving problems like Boggle, balanced parentheses, N-Queens, and K-sum subsets.

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Dynamic Programming

9 Lessons

This chapter explores dynamic programming, focusing on algorithms for sequences, subarrays, and optimization, with problems like Fibonacci numbers and unique pa

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Miscellaneous

10 Lessons

This chapter discusses various algorithms and data structures for coding challenges, focusing on optimization, complexity, and practical implementation.

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Appendix

1 Lesson

This chapter includes testimonials on Coderust’s effectiveness in coding interview preparation, showing how it helps in landing tech job offers.

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Conclusion

1 Lesson

This chapter suggests preparing for behavioral interviews, emphasizes hands-on practice, and invites feedback for continued support from Educative.

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