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Companies ask DSA to test a candidate's problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and ability to write scalable, optimized code.
What is DSA and Why is it Important?
Why do companies ask DSA in interviews?
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DSA stands for Data Structures and Algorithms. Data structures are ways to store data, while algorithms are step-by-step methods to solve problems.
While product-based companies emphasize it more, service-based companies and startups also use basic DSA to filter out candidates during initial screening rounds.
Directly writing complex algorithms daily is rare, but applying DSA concepts to choose the right tools (like HashMaps vs Arrays) happens all the time.
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