Problem-Solving Skills Development Path
A structured guide to mastering the art of problem-solving for interviews and competitive programming.
| Phase |
Main Topic |
Content & Tools |
Product Goal |
| 1 |
Fundamentals |
- Choose a Programming Language
- Big O Notation
- Basic DS (Arrays, Strings, Hash Tables)
|
Solve a simple array manipulation problem. |
| 2 |
Core Problem Solving |
- Warm-up Challenges
- Implementation
- String Manipulation
- Sorting
|
Implement a basic sorting algorithm from scratch. |
| 3 |
Core Algorithms |
- Searching
- Greedy Algorithms
- Recursion
- Bit Manipulation
|
Solve a problem using a greedy approach. |
| 4 |
Advanced Data Structures |
- Linked Lists
- Stacks & Queues
- Trees
- Graphs
|
Implement a traversal algorithm on a binary tree. |
| 5 |
Advanced Techniques |
- Dynamic Programming (DP)
- Constructive Algorithms
- Game Theory
|
Solve a classic dynamic programming problem like Fibonacci or Knapsack. |
| 6 |
Practice by Domain |
- Mathematics
- SQL & Databases
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
|
Solve an SQL query challenge on a platform like HackerRank. |
| 7 |
Interviews & Competitions |
- Interview Preparation Kit
- Participate in Contests
- Mock Interviews
|
Participate in one online coding competition. |