Python for interview coding
Comes up in: Python, DSA, Coding
This concept is being written. It gets the full five steps — explanation, predict, interview angle, practice with tests, and review cards. Here is exactly what it will cover, so you can study it elsewhere in the meantime.
What it covers
collections(Counter, defaultdict, deque)heapqbisect- generators and
yield - decorators
- context managers
functools(lru_cache,partial)- typing, dataclasses and
Protocol - the GIL: threads vs asyncio vs multiprocessing
- exceptions and custom errors
Words you will know
What you will practise
- port 10 DSA patterns to Python
- parse a log file
- concurrent API fetch with a semaphore
- rate-limiter class
Interview questions this answers
- What is a decorator? Write a retry decorator.
- What does the GIL mean for I/O-bound vs CPU-bound work?