DSA Mock Interview with Prateek Shukla

This is a full DSA mock interview, not a tutoring session.

You will be treated as a candidate, I will act as your interviewer, and we will run a real coding round from start to finish.

How the 60 minutes work:

• 0 to 5/10 mins: Brief intro and problem statement
• 5/10 to 50 mins: You code and think out loud, I observe.
• 50 to 60 mins: Honest, detailed feedback on everything

What I evaluate:

• How you clarify and understand the problem
• Your approach and thought process before writing code
• Code quality, edge cases, and time/space complexity
• How well you think out loud and communicate
• Overall interview readiness at your target level

Difficulty and topics:

• LeetCode Medium as the baseline, Hard for FAANG targets
• Arrays, strings, trees, graphs, dynamic programming, sliding window, and more
• Tell me your target company in the booking form and I will pick a relevant problem

Coding environment:

• We will use a shared Google Doc
• Screen sharing: ON
• Camera: ON

Who this is for:

• Anyone preparing for SDE-1 or SDE-2 coding rounds
• People who have practised on LeetCode but have never felt real interview pressure
• People who want to get a taste for an actual interview setting before starting their LeetCode journey
• Anyone who wants honest feedback, not just hints

One important thing: I will not give hints during the interview phase. That is the whole point. This is what makes the session actually useful. You won't always find a lenient interviewer. Train yourself under pressure.