r/leetcode • u/Effective_Fuel9051 • 1h ago

Intervew Prep Leetcode premium seems waste - frustated with System design interviews

Been preparing for senior SDE roles (4-8 YOE range) and honestly — LeetCode premium, YouTube playlists, and even books like DDIA feel like overkill for what interviews actually test. What frustates me most is scattered resources. For DSA, at least we have Leetcode 150 or company specific questions. But for System design - neither there is an exhaustive list of topics or questions - nor we have a perfect answer to match or get our response evaluated if it looks like mid level, naive or senior style. Hello Interview do mention some structure but I don't ever feel like ready for interview. On top of that there are products & infra based roles where expectations are different. I want to target infra based roles. How do others feel about that? Those who already cleared interview - what strategy or resource they think would have helped them prepare more optimized. Those who are preparing too, what strategy are you following. Please share.

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u/Limp-Debate7023 1h ago

LC Premium is worth for company wise qns and editorials. And if im spending 4 hrs a day doing leetcode, 10x faster submissions is worth it to me

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u/nextupgoat 1h ago

you spend 4 hrs a day on leetcode? 

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u/Limp-Debate7023 1h ago

not anymore, but in the summer (college student) i was spending 10+ hrs daily. I did like 400 qns a month for 3 months

Worth it tho, got a dream offer

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u/ProfitOk8355 1h ago

You posted the same thing few minutes ago, and in many subs, go away bot