How long should it take to solve LeetCode medium?

Easy: Under 10 minutes. Medium: 10 to 25 minutes. Hard: 20 to 35 minutes. But I know I’ve not remembered perfectly, and even then they said it was very rough estimates.

Can you get hired from LeetCode?

At the end, I landed a job in one of the FAANG. To sum up, the Leetcode premium is still worth the money. Not that you are guaranteed to see the exact same questions in the interview, but you can have much better sense to get a correct direction in solving the problems.

How long should I LeetCode for?

Do not spend more than 24 hours on a problem. Last resort is to look at hints, leetcode discussions for the problem or solution (in that order). If rather than this, you keep on trying to solve the problem for more than 1 day it’ll hamper your confidence and consistency.

How hard is LeetCode medium?

The difficulty of medium level problems ranges from simple problems (but harder than easy problems) to somewhat complicated (a little less difficult than hard level problems). And also unlike Easy level problems solving Medium would require considerable knowledge in relation to data structures and algorithms.

How do you get 3 stars on LeetCode?

For me, it took around 290 questions to get a 3-star rating. The “~100000” rank will become 99k something at around 270-275 questions after which you will need another 15-20 questions to reach 3 star which I got at around 89k rank.

Do companies look at Leetcode?

It is pretty common to see a lot of companies relying on Leetcode or puzzles to benchmark engineers. If you solve a question in X time with leanest code then you are in or else you are out. Having many helping and humble engineers will take the company to higher profits and will create a sustainable work culture.

Should I start with LeetCode easy?

I would consider the book to be fairly entry-level, so if you’re new to technical interviews, I’d recommend starting by going through the book, even before doing LeetCode full-time.