A must-read guide for new LeetCode users
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Welcome to LeetCode and thanks for joining our community!👏

If you signed up for LeetCode for any of the following reasons:

  • Improve coding skills.
  • Learn coding knowledge.
  • Prepare for interviews.
  • Join discussion about recent interview questions, experience, and compensation with other LeetCoders.

You’ve succeeded in the first step by choosing the best platform - ⭐ LeetCode⭐

With the resources LeetCode provides, many users improve their coding skills tremendously and land their dream job. The goal of this guide is to provide an overview of the resources available on LeetCode. After reading this guide, we hope you have an idea of how to utilize the resources and create your own training plan.


What are you trying to achieve through LeetCode?

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If you’d like to improve your coding skills and develop coding as a habit.

Consistency is the key to success💪 ! Participate in our Daily LeetCoding challenge and motivate yourself to solve at least one problem a day. LeetCode challenges participants with a problem from our thoughtfully curated collection of interview problems every 24 hours. No need to sign up for the challenge or become a premium user to participate. Simply start by solving today’s problem.

What’s even better? You’ll receive LeetCoins reward💰 when solving the problem before the deadline.


If you are preparing for interviews.

We offer three different resources based on your need:

1. With so many questions to practice, not sure where to start?
The Top Interview Questions list is a must-do classic. LeetCode organized the problems in the list so you can easily start practicing the problems one by one. (Quick tip on how to manage your list!)

The list is broken into 3 explore cards, Top Easy/Medium/Hard Interview Questions Collection, within each difficulty further breaks down to categories allowing a more structural practice approach.

Also check out our selected posts for other LeetCoders’ tips on where/how to start.


2. Have an upcoming interview for a specific company?

For the most up to date company questions, click the company tag on the problem list page to go to the company tag page. The page also allows you to sort questions by frequency, so you can practice on the most recently and frequently asked questions.

For a more structural approach, go to the explore page and find the company you’re interviewing for. We’ve compiled the card with top interview questions that were asked by specific companies and organized the problems with different topics, so you can save time and get well-prepared for your interview.

Company tags and company explore cards are exclusive for our premium users to help them prepare interviews efficiently. Not a premium user yet? Click here to upgrade!


3. Looking for interview simulations?

Mock assessment allow you to test your abilities in a timed setting, just like a coding challenge or an on-site interview. You choose the company and we will select an appropriate question from our constantly growing database.


If you need a quick crash course on certain topics or prefer a more structural approach.

Check out our Explore Learn Cards. These “Introduction to…” cards are professionally curated guides and focus on a hands-on learning approach. With easy-to-understand explanations accompanied by high-quality visualizations, you’ll understand core concepts and further solidify the knowledge with question practices.


Want to gauge if you’re ready to nail an interview?

Participate in our weekly and/or bi-weekly contests!
Contest questions were curated by the LeetCode content team and the questions are asked in real interviews. Improve your skills by constantly participating in our weekly and/or bi-weekly contests and track your growth with the contest rating. When you’re able to solve the contest problems, you’re ready to ace an interview!



Be sure to also check out our concentrated guide for new users of all experience levels here at The LeetCode Beginner's Guide. This card can help you to channel in on where you can get started on LeetCode, and set you up for success in placing your time and energy to sharpen your skills for your current experience level and goals.

After exploring the official content provided by LeetCode, don’t forget to check out all valuable and useful posts contributed by the LeetCode community. You might find the resources useful when you create your own training plan.


Our team is here to guide you through our platform and you can reach out to us at any time through our help desk.

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