Published in The Startup·Feb 1, 2021Count Passing Car PairsIn this week’s blog, let’s talk about a Bloomberg first-round interview question. Recently a friend of mine got an offer from Bloomberg as a software engineer; therefore, I want it to test my technical skill and write a blog about it. …Algorithms3 min readAlgorithms3 min read
Jan 25, 2021Meeting Room II in JavascriptAs you know, I have been doing a lot of algorithm questions lately. This week let’s talk about another classic interview question that often comes out: Meeting Room II (Leetcode #253).Software Engineering3 min readSoftware Engineering3 min read
Jan 18, 2021Leetcode #994 Rotting OrangesIn today’s blog, we will talk about another back it again at the algorithm question. This time is a little bit harder. I usually solve Breadth-First-Search (BFS) in a tree problem. Never in my life have I solved it with a non-tree data structure. For that reason, this problem is…Leetcode4 min readLeetcode4 min read
Published in The Startup·Jan 11, 2021Non Overlapping IntervalsThis week I encountered many interval questions in binarysearch.com and leetcode. Since I struggle from time to time on this topic, I would love to write a blog regarding interval topics. Today we are going to discuss leetcode #435 Non-overlapping Intervals. Here is the question:Algorithms3 min readAlgorithms3 min read
Jan 4, 2021Expand Around Possible CentersBack at it again with another algorithm blog! Today we will talk about one of the popular questions in Leetcode, #647 Palindromic Substrings. There are many ways to solve this problem. We are going to talk about ‘ expand around possible centers here. Here is the question: We want to…Algorithms2 min readAlgorithms2 min read
Dec 28, 2020Prefix SumHello, today’s topic is back at it again with the algorithms blog. Today we are going to talk about leetcode question #724 Find Pivot Index. Before we are trying to solve the question, we should understand what prefix sum is. What is the Prefix Sum? Prefix sum in the array is iterating through index 1…Computer Science2 min readComputer Science2 min read
Published in The Startup·Dec 21, 2020How I Avoid Imposter SyndromeThis week’s blog is going to be different than usual. Let’s take a break from tech and talk about human beings. Recently I saw many people talking about imposter Syndrome in the job searching process. Imposter syndrome is a common experience for everyone; we all have been through imposter syndrome…Imposter Syndrome5 min readImposter Syndrome5 min read
Dec 14, 2020Map vs. Set vs. Object in JavascriptDevelopers often spend much time deciding the correct data structure to use. Choosing the right data structure can make it easier to operate data, saving time, and making code more comprehensive. The two most prevailing data structures for storing collections of data are Objects and Arrays. Developers use Objects to…Software Engineering3 min readSoftware Engineering3 min read
Dec 7, 2020For loop vs. forEach vs. for…in vs. for…ofThis article will show a quick introduction of a for loop, a forEach, a for of, and a for in. We are going to talk about what are their differences and similarities in this article. For Loop This method is the most traditional type of iteration in Javascript. It takes three expressions…Java Script4 min readJava Script4 min read
Nov 30, 2020The Four Pillars of Object-Oriented ProgrammingAs we all know, the most popular paradigm of today technology is Object Oriented Programming(OOP). Today in top companies’ technical interviews, you need to know about solving algorithms and data structure problems and be able to explain the basic principles of Object-Oriented Programming as well as System design principles (this…Computer Science2 min readComputer Science2 min read
