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jwasham / coding-interview-university

A complete computer science study plan to become a software engineer.
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is it important to study math topics for coding interviews ? #1230

Closed pradeepsimba closed 2 years ago

pradeepsimba commented 2 years ago

Like Numbers theory : https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/number-theory-competitive-programming/

is it important to study math topics for coding interviews ?

jwasham commented 2 years ago

From that page, I'd only learn Factorial and Fibonacci, and Sieve of Eratosthenes. That's it. Any company that asks other math questions should look for a math major, not a CS major. Some do ask them, but I wouldn't prepare for it.

muhammadbilal20130 commented 2 years ago

You should now understand maths topics but not as much in dept