Crack the Coding Interview
DSA patterns, SQL joins, and the communication that closes offers.
Free to watch. Starting adds a personal copy to My Learning with progress tracking and a curated-path certificate on completion.
About this path
Interview prep with the actual weightings: Big-O analysis, problem patterns, and interview technique from the DSA course, the SQL joins interviewers reliably test, ChatGPT as a mock-interview sparring partner, plus the confidence and question-handling skills that decide close calls. Five courses, one offer letter.
What you'll learn
- Analyze complexity and recognize the classic problem patterns
- Answer SQL join questions without hesitation
- Run realistic mock interviews with ChatGPT
- Project calm confidence through behavioral rounds
- Handle curveball questions without freezing
The path, module by module
Each step is lifted from a full course in our catalog, and where a course repeats itself we keep only the lessons that earn their place.
Module 1 · from Data Structures & Algorithms
The Structures You Get Asked About
Arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, and trees, concept first. Skips the twenty-odd C implementation drills that make this course a semester.
7 lessons · 2h 37m · hand-picked from 8
1.1 Arrays in Data Structure | Declaration, Initialization, Memory representation · 2.1 Introduction to Linked List | Need of Linked List | DSA Tutorials · 2.3 Arrays vs Linked List | Data structures
Module 2 · from Data Structures & Algorithms
Big-O, Patterns & Interview Prep
A Big-O cheat sheet and the pattern playbook. The two pages you actually revise the night before.
2 lessons · 4m
Big-O Cheat Sheet · Pattern Playbook & Practice
Module 3 · from SQL Course for Beginners
Joins and Aggregates, the Interview Core
Every SQL screen is joins, grouping, and knowing when a union is not a join.
7 lessons · 55m · hand-picked from 8
SQL JOINS Explained - Concept of Combining Data - SQL Tutorial #20 · SQL INNER JOIN - SQL Tutorial #22 · SQL LEFT JOIN - SQL Tutorial #23
Module 4 · from Communication & Soft Skills Mastery
Think Fast, Talk Smart
Stanford's session on speaking under pressure, plus interview-specific confidence. This is the half of the loop candidates neglect.
2 lessons · 1h 21m · hand-picked from 8
Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques · Confidence in Interviews: Master the Interview Game with Pro Tips by Simerjeet Singh (in English)
Module 5 · from Public Speaking Fundamentals
Explain Your Thinking Out Loud
Extemporaneous versus impromptu delivery, applied to narrating a whiteboard.
2 lessons · 21m · hand-picked from 8
How to Give An Extemporaneous Speech · Extemporaneous vs Impromptu Speech Delivery and When To Use Them
Module 6 · from The AI Edge: Work Smarter with AI
Where AI Helps and Where It Will Not
How working engineers actually use AI, and which skills stay yours. Both come up in interviews now.
2 lessons · 23m · hand-picked from 8
5 Ways I Actually Use ChatGPT at Work! · 4 Skills I’m Learning that AI Can’t Replace (backed by data)