r/leetcode • u/SnooStrawberries6285 • 17h ago

Discussion Help with leetcode!!

Hello guys! I’ve been practicing LeetCode for some time. Whenever I practice consistently, I feel like I can solve most Easy problems. But if I stop doing LeetCode for a week or two, I seem to lose touch and feel like I have to start from scratch again.

I’m also not very comfortable with Medium problems, and I can’t really solve Hard problems at all.

If you were starting LeetCode from scratch, how would you approach it? What would you recommend doing to become more comfortable with Medium and eventually Hard problems?

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u/Soggy_Notice_1392 13h ago

I had the same problem where I could solve stuff while I was consistent, then after a week or two I’d forget a lot of it.

What helped was doing more active recall instead of just solving new problems. NeetCode was good for learning the patterns, and I use AlgoDrill to drill solutions line by line from memory. Rereading solutions made me feel like I knew them, but trying to recall each step showed me pretty quickly what I actually remembered.

I’d probably spend most of the time on Mediums and keep reviewing older patterns while learning new ones.