Need advice to pass OA’s
By January this year I completed the neetcode 150 roadmap. I watched every solution’s video, iterated through most of the optimal solutions (besides things like segment trees). I genuinely felt decent in January.
Then I started a software co op, and I stopped practicing by February.
Then, some OA’s came in afterwards like: IBM, Amazon, TikTok, and recently Intuits.
On IBM’s: I got 1/2 problems complete. Reject.
On TikTok’s: got 2/4 problems (focused on 3rd for majority of time). Most likely reject.
On Amazon’s: I got 16/16 and 6/16. Reject.
On intuit’s: I got 5/6, and got most of the second question but couldn’t finish it in time. I got the base implementation but couldn’t finish (0/8). Waiting.
On each of these, I actually knew what I was doing for the most part, compared to last year I didn’t. Note: I didn’t leetcode very much since late January.
My question is - should I focus on doing the 250 map, doing timed questions (since I seem to be running out of time), should I redo some of the 150 problems, or should I just stick to leetcode tagged and continue to grind? I feel like I’m not there yet to the level expected.
I secured an internship this summer as well but I want to make sure I pass NG assessments.
Thank you for your time.