LeetCode Mastery Roadmap (1-Year Plan)
Your Daily Plan (1 Hour per Day for 12 Months)
Well follow a 4-phase roadmap to reach LeetCode Master level and crack top placements.
PHASE 1: Learn C++ Basics (Month 1)
Playlist: Apna College C++ Course
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Focus Topics:
- Input/output, loops, conditions
- Arrays, strings
- Functions, recursion
- STL (vectors, sets, maps, stacks, queues)
Schedule:
- Watch 2030 mins video
- Solve 12 basic LeetCode Easy problems
PHASE 2: Data Structures & Algorithms (Month 25)
Playlist: Striver's DSA Sheet Playlist
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DSA Sheet:
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Key Topics:
- Arrays, Strings
- Linked List
- Stack & Queue
- Trees, BST
LeetCode Mastery Roadmap (1-Year Plan)
- Recursion & Backtracking
- Graphs
- Sliding Window, Binary Search, Greedy
- DP
Daily Plan:
- 30 mins video + 30 mins solving 12 problems
PHASE 3: LeetCode Grind (Month 610)
Playlist: Neetcode
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Focus:
- LeetCode topic-wise practice
- Target: 300+ Problems (150 Medium, 50 Hard, 100 Easy)
Track:
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PHASE 4: Contest + Mock Interviews (Month 1112)
Start:
- LeetCode Weekly/Biweekly Contests
- Virtual contests from past
- Mock Interviews on Interviewing.io / Pramp
System Design:
- Gaurav Sen System Design Playlist
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Optional Tips:
LeetCode Mastery Roadmap (1-Year Plan)
- Learn Git & GitHub
- Make small projects (e.g., Snake Game, Student DB)
- Build your LinkedIn, GitHub profile, resume
Final Advice:
- Consistency > Speed
- Focus on Medium problems
- Practice at least 10 mock interviews before placements