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Always present a brute force solution... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/key-advice-for-your-next-interview--vxzlstqza og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VXZLStqZA.png og:image:alt: Key advice for your next interview. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Key advice for your next interview. **[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary When solving coding problems in interviews, focus on explaining your decision-making process and solution efficiency. Always present a brute force solution first before moving to optimized approaches. Discuss space and time complexity, explain why you chose your solution over alternatives, and acknowledge any tradeoffs. Sometimes a pragmatic solution that can be completed in time is better than pursuing the theoretically optimal approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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