LeetCode for beginners!

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The post leverages a common pain point for aspiring tech professionals: securing internships at competitive companies. By framing Binary Search as a key skill for achieving this goal and presenting it in an easily digestible, visual format, it resonates with the target audience and encourages engagement.

Summary

This photo post explains the concept of binary search, a crucial algorithm for software engineering interviews. It breaks down the algorithm step-by-step with visual aids, demonstrating how to efficiently find a target value within a sorted array.

Structure

1Introduction to LeetCode for beginners and Binary Search
2The importance of Binary Search for internships at top tech companies
3Explaining Binary Search with a sorted array example
4Demonstrating the search process by narrowing down the array
5Concluding the search and congratulating the viewer
6Encouraging viewers to follow for more tech career advice

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LeetCode: ACTS - it is the subject of the tutorial, and the tutorial is about learning to use it for interviews. Removing it would change the video. Google: APPEARS - a logo on a slide. Removing it would not change the video. Microsoft: APPEARS - a logo on a slide. Removing it would not change the video. amazon: APPEARS - a logo on a slide. Removing it would not change the video.

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@That SWE Intern Use binary search to secure your next internship! Follow for more! 😉 Also, shoutout @｡◕‿◕｡Matt✿ for the idea! #compscimajor #breakintotech #beginnercoder #leetcode #faang

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LeetCode for beginners! (save this for later!) Part 2: Binary Search! (from a software engineer) swipe @that_swe_intern All content is for educational purposes Google Microsoft amazon I used this exact algorithm to get my $60 / hr internship! This is why you need to know Binary Search. The idea is simple... swipe @that_swe_intern All content is for educational purposes Say we have this sorted array... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ↑ ...and your job is to find the value 5. Let's start! 4 ↑ First, start at the midpoint, 4. This is less than our target, 5. Good Job (Straight forward, right? Let's go on.) swipe @that_swe_intern All content is for educational purposes This next step is the key idea! 4 Our initial guess was too low... ...so we search on the right side! 4 6 ↑ Again, we choose our new midpoint! (this works because the array was sorted, so we know 5 is to the right of 4!) Good Job (Still makes sense? Let's go on.) swipe @that_swe_intern All content is for educational purposes Great job so far! 4 6 ↑ By now, you know the next step! The value 6 is greater than our target, 5... ...so we search to the left! Finally, we found our target value! swipe @that_swe_intern All content is for educational purposes Congrats! You've mastered Binary Search! (this might get you your internship!) You're on your way to a job with: 1. Great Pay 2. Work-Life Balance 3. Interesting Problems Keep it up! Follow to commit to your goal of breaking into tech!