The book is intended to be an aid for young students preparing for the Fundamentals of Programming exam or for graduates preparing for a job interview. The book contains some classic and seminar-level warm-up problems, and then contains a number of real problems taken from the LeetCode and DailyCodingProblem platforms. The book was produced during the 2022-2023 academic year by the two authors with the students in mind for the Economic Informatics specialization at the Ștefan cel Mare University in Suceava.
Problem solutions are given in Python language. The choice of the Python language was made for the following reasons:
Supports the concept of RAD. This is essential in a technical interview, where such problems must be solved against time. Yes, those familiar with C++ and who manage to use the data structures in the STL could achieve such solutions in C++ as well.