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I don’t understand how to solve leetcode problems. Can I just fake it by memorizing answers?

I don’t understand how to solve leetcode problems. Can I just fake it by memorizing answers?

Update: 2022-10-30
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We had an anonymous question come in on Discord from a person who is struggling to understand how to analyze leetcode problems to work out the algorithm type (the "pattern") and/or the data structure to use. They asked whether they can just memorize the syntax of other peoples' answers to fake like they know what they're doing when they get to an interview.


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I don’t understand how to solve leetcode problems. Can I just fake it by memorizing answers?

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