Which language do you actually use in DSA rounds? (honest answer, not the one you wish you used)
Nikhil Sharan@nikhil_twopointers
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Sign in to commentFrank Ostrowski@frank_cpp98
Option 6 is the correct answer and everyone voting Python is going to cry in the "now optimize this" follow up
Sofía Ramírez@sofi_dev_mx
JavaScript and I regret nothing. ok I regret the missing built-in heap a little 😅
Nikhil Sharan@nikhil_twopointers
The missing heap is real. If you go with JS, write a small binary heap once at home so you are not writing it for the first time in the interview.
Rohit Verma@rohit_codes
Java. 9 saal se Java, interview mein bhi Java. Collections.sort ne kabhi dhoka nahi diya 🙏
Ankit Khurana@faang_or_bust
python in a dsa round is a red flag tbh. interviewer thinks you cant handle real languages
Dana Kowalski@dana_ml
I interviewed people for years. Nobody serious docks you for Python. They dock you for not knowing what sorted() costs.
Nikhil Sharan@nikhil_twopointers
Not true on any panel I have sat on. Pick the language you think fastest in. The interviewer is judging the reasoning, not the semicolons.