Intuitive Dynamic Programming & Greedy Algorithms for Interview Prep (8-Hour Mastery)

Master the art of Dynamic Programming and Greedy Algorithms, building strong intuition and practical problem-solving skills to ace your technical interviews.

Foundations of Optimal Problem Solving

Unit 1: Setting the Stage for Optimization

Unit 2: Unpacking Dynamic Programming's Core

Unit 3: The Cost of Naivety

Unit 4: From Inefficient to Intuitive

Memoization: Top-Down Dynamic Programming

Unit 1: The Need for Speed: Why Memoize?

Unit 2: Building Your First Memoized Solution

Unit 3: Applying Memoization to Classic Problems

Unit 4: Deep Dive into Memoization Mechanics

Unit 5: From Recursion to Top-Down DP

Tabulation: Bottom-Up Dynamic Programming

Unit 1: From Recursion to Iteration

Unit 2: Building Intuition with Simple Problems

Unit 3: Mastering DP Table Construction

Unit 4: Translating Between Approaches

Classic Dynamic Programming Patterns

Unit 1: DP on Sequences: The Basics

Unit 2: Decision-Making DP: Coin Problems

Unit 3: Knapsack Variations: The Core

Unit 4: Grid-Based DP & Paths

Unit 5: Longest Common Subsequence Family

Introduction to Greedy Algorithms

Unit 1: Greedy vs. DP: The Core Difference

Unit 2: The Greedy Choice Property

Unit 3: Formulating Greedy Strategies

Unit 4: Local vs. Global Optima

Proving Optimality & Advanced Greedy Problems

Unit 1: The Art of Proving Greedy

Unit 2: Classic Advanced Greedy Problems

Unit 3: Advanced Greedy Applications

Unit 4: When Greedy Fails & Edge Cases

Advanced Dynamic Programming Techniques

Unit 1: Multi-Dimensional DP & String Problems

Unit 2: Optimizing Space & Matrix DP

Unit 3: Tree Dynamic Programming

Interview Strategies & Problem-Solving Drills

Unit 1: Strategic Problem Identification

Unit 2: DP Problem-Solving Drills

Unit 3: Greedy Problem-Solving Drills

Unit 4: Mixed Practice & Mock Interviews