Mock interviews and strategy

Put it together: plan your practice and perform under time.

📖 Key ideas

Practise by pattern: arrays, hashing, windows, stacks, trees, graphs, DP, heaps, intervals.
Use a timer: about 20-30 minutes for a medium problem.
Do mock interviews with peers and explain out loud.
Keep an error log of mistakes and revisit problems after a week.
Prepare to discuss time/space complexity and test cases for every solution.

💡 Real-life example: Like cricket net practice: bowl at the same spots again and again, then play practice matches before the real one.

Mock interviewPractice interview with a peer

Error logNotes of your mistakes to revisit

Timed practiceSolving with a time limit

Pattern listTopics to cover in rotation