A Quick Overview

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How to crack coding interviews?

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1. Sorting

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2. Sliding Window

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3. Hashing

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4. Binary Search Algorithm

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5. Recursion

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6. Reversing a Linked List

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7. Tree Traversal

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8. Graph Algorithms

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9. Dynamic Programming

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10. Priority Queue

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