How you propelled in leetcode? Any tips and tricks?

There are total of 14-15 topics that are important.

Say for example you are learning binary search, solve problem then solve similar problem then solve another problem same topic. Once enough problems are solved in 1 topic and you can solve a new problem within 20 mins you are good to go to next topic.

Then let’s say you’ve picked DP, keep grinding dp questions again and again until you can solve dp problems in 20 mins.

Few notes

Don’t get discourage by leetcode contest because a lot of ppl are cheating nowadays using llm. Test yourself against your past performances.

If you have never done dsa before, it’ll take some time. Practice practice practice that’s the only way, always upsolve the questions don’t run behind the number of problems solved. It’s always quality above quantity.

This is your own journey be honest, be patient, don’t give up.

There are no tricks as such to build confidence. Practice will give you confidence. And practice will also help you understand questions and the pattern’s used to solve different type of questions.