Has anyone felt that they are incapable of cracking coding interview no matter how much they practice , I for eg feel I CANNOT think fast in a timed test to solve a coding problem no matter how much I practice ,it's not just my cup of tea and that leaves me with a lot of frustration .Anyone else as well ,what to do😢

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Guess what? It's okay if that's not your strength.

You can try for the top consultancy firms like the big 4 where dsa is not important. They pay really well.

Or if you're hell bent on product, you probably will take much more time to prepare but you will get through it with enough effort. You can make it your strength by slow consistent effort.

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I felt the same way.. but looking at your exp. I think i had a bit more logical thinking ability than yourself. I'll suggest you to get into DSA and leetcode questions. Do questions giving to you a countdown timer.. and whenever you check for solutions don't just read it or complete it for the sake of it but try to understand the solution and I'll also suggest to have a git repo so you have a track of all the questions you completed

I used to think the same. Then I stopped over preparing. In fact reducing the time i spend on dsa questions allowed me to think more openly to new questions.

Otherwise I used to kept solving a new problem with some old method that worked on a different problem. I know it's a weird solution but it worked. Spending less time prepping for dsa and just giving interviews anyway helped me.

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