DSA For Placement
Course Description
A compact, intensive 8-12 week course focused on high-package placement interviews. Assumes basic DSA knowledge and focuses on problem-solving patterns, interview techniques, and LeetCode-style problems with a balanced 50/50 theory-to-practice ratio. Perfect for students preparing for premium company interviews (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple).
Course Overview
🎯 Placement-Focused
Designed specifically for high-package placement interviews at premium companies (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple).
⚡ Intensive & Compact
8-12 week intensive course that assumes basic DSA knowledge and focuses on interview patterns and problem-solving techniques.
🔧 DIY Learning Approach
Step-by-step problem-solving with progressive coding exercises. Build solutions component by component with Judge0 code execution.
📊 Pattern-Based Learning
Master interview patterns: Two Pointers, Sliding Window, Fast & Slow Pointers, Monotonic Stack, and more.
💡 LeetCode-Style Problems
Practice with curated problems from frequently asked interview questions with detailed solutions and complexity analysis.
✅ MCQ-Based Completion
Each topic includes 3-5 MCQ questions from real interview questions. Answer all correctly to complete the topic.
Course Structure
This course is organized into 20 comprehensive topics covering:
- Week 1-2: Foundation & Arrays/Strings Mastery
- Week 3: Linked Lists & Stacks/Queues
- Week 4: Binary Trees & Binary Search
- Week 5: Heaps & Hash Tables
- Week 6: Graphs - Fundamentals & Advanced Algorithms
- Week 7: Dynamic Programming
- Week 8: Backtracking & Greedy Algorithms
- Week 9-10: Advanced Topics (Trie, Segment Trees, Bit Manipulation)
- Week 11-12: Interview Strategy & Mock Practice
Learning Approach
1. Quick Theory Refresher
Concise conceptual foundation - assumes you know the basics, focuses on key concepts and when to use them.
2. Pattern Explanation
Understand problem-solving patterns with visual examples and pattern identification exercises.
3. DIY Step-by-Step Problem Solving
Build solutions progressively: understand → plan → code components → test → optimize. Each step is interactive with code execution.
4. Practice Problems
Apply patterns to similar problems with less guidance, more independent practice.
5. MCQ Assessment
Test your understanding with 3-5 interview-style MCQ questions. Answer all correctly to complete the topic.
What You'll Learn
- ✅ Problem-solving framework for technical interviews
- ✅ Time and space complexity analysis
- ✅ 15+ essential interview patterns (Two Pointers, Sliding Window, etc.)
- ✅ How to approach problems in interviews
- ✅ Communication and thought process techniques
- ✅ Common mistakes to avoid
- ✅ Company-specific problem patterns