Week 7: 2-D DP, Greedy + Mocks

Oct 27–Nov 2  ·  Target times: Easy ≤ 10m · Medium ≤ 22m · Hard ≤ 40m

Daily routine: 75 min DSA (timed) + 10 min syntax typing + 35 min second block. Talk out loud. No AI autocomplete. Over cap → 48h redo queue.

Day 1

DSA set 1 of 5

DSA problems (75 min, timed)

Second block (35 min) — System Design + CS: 2 SD mocks + review
2 fresh SD prompts, timed, out loud. Outcome: confident 6-step design on a cold prompt.

Day 2

DSA set 2 of 5

DSA problems (75 min, timed)

Second block (35 min) — ML/DL: ML interview Q&A drills
Work Chip Huyen 'Introduction to ML Interviews' question bank (free). Outcome: crisp 2-min answers to common ML questions.

Day 3

DSA set 3 of 5

DSA problems (75 min, timed)

Second block (35 min) — System Design + CS: 2 SD mocks + review
2 fresh SD prompts, timed, out loud. Outcome: confident 6-step design on a cold prompt.

Day 4

DSA set 4 of 5

DSA problems (75 min, timed)

Second block (35 min) — ML/DL: ML interview Q&A drills
Work Chip Huyen 'Introduction to ML Interviews' question bank (free). Outcome: crisp 2-min answers to common ML questions.

Day 5

DSA set 5 of 5

DSA problems (75 min, timed)

Second block (35 min) — System Design + CS: 2 SD mocks + review
2 fresh SD prompts, timed, out loud. Outcome: confident 6-step design on a cold prompt.

Weekend

Project + review
🚀 Mocks + resume
2 mock coding interviews (Pramp/interviewing.io) this week — talking under clock. Polish project READMEs; add both projects to General v3 + Master resume.
Also: 1 system-design practice out loud. Redo any DSA problem that went over cap (48h queue).