New Grad - 90 Day DSA Roadmap

Use 90-day pacing in the Plan Builder

1. 1
   Days 1–7

   Baseline and language#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   concept

   Day 1: Refresh Python interview contractsDay 2: Complexity: name the work you are counting
2. 2
   Days 8–28

   Foundations and core repair#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   conceptarrays-hashingtwo-pointersstack

   Day 8: Recursion: make each call's contract explicitDay 9: Correctness: explain why the algorithm must workDay 10: Representation: decide what every value meansDay 11: Arrays & HashingDay 12: Two PointersDay 13: Stack
3. 3
   Days 29–49

   Structures and patterns#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   binary-searchsliding-windowlinked-listtreesbacktrackinggraphs

   Day 29: Binary SearchDay 30: Sliding WindowDay 31: Linked ListDay 32: TreesDay 33: BacktrackingDay 34: Graphs
4. 4
   Days 50–64

   Variants and selected extensions#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   practiceconcept

   Day 50: Stable Case-Insensitive Label GroupsDay 51: Earliest Longest Unique Event RangeDay 52: Count Signed Target-Sum RangesDay 53: Minimum Ordered Batch CapacityDay 54: Fixed-window signal peaksDay 55: Earliest peak interval overlapDay 57: Integer arithmetic and coordinate reasoning
5. 5
   Days 65–76

   Mixed and confirmed-format practice#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   review

   Day 65: Clarify a changed contract before coding
6. 6
   Days 77–85

   Mocks and targeted recovery#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   mockreview

   Day 78: New Grad - Frequency Ledger CoreDay 79: Turn one failure into a regression test
7. 7
   Days 86–90

   Consolidation and buffer#

   Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Goals

   • Attempt the full core at least once, retrieve mixed patterns without labels, and reduce assistance over repeated attempts while preserving an explicit optional-topic backlog.

   Focus

   review

   Day 86: Review and transfer from the mistake logDay 87: Rehearse the final checklist without cramming