Python with Algorithms for Tech Interviews

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Enroll in this course to gain proficiency in storing, accessing, and manipulating data. By implementing algorithms, you can develop a more precise and efficient coding technique.
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What you'll learn

This course covers the essential theory of algorithms and data structures. It allows you to see how various real-life algorithms work and to implement them yourself with Python. You will learn to perform a basic time complexity analysis and choose the most efficient algorithm. What’s even more important, you will enhance your algorithmic thinking, which is a crucial skill for programmers and developers.

 

While progressing through this course, you will:

  • implement and compare classic data structures: arrays, stacks, and queues;
  • practice several searching and sorting algorithms (bubble sort, merge sort, and insertion sort);
  • find out more about hashing and hash functions;
  • work with weighted graphs and trees and try several graph algorithms, such as Prim's algorithm and Kruskal's algorithm;
  • implement your own PageRank algorithm, the famous ranking algorithm created by Google;
  • learn more about Python functions sort() and find() under the hood.
 

Having completed this course, you will have a better understanding of how real algorithms work. That might be useful both for job interviews and for making your own programs run smoothly.

Topics covered by this course

Algorithms and data structures
53 topics
Working with data
36 topics
Math
35 topics
Software development foundations
30 topics
Control flow
20 topics
Code quality
18 topics
Basics
15 topics
Additional instruments
11 topics
Object-oriented programming
8 topics
Data science
7 topics
Python libraries
4 topics
System administration and DevOps
3 topics

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Apply knowledge into practice
You already know the theory. Now it's time to code like you do at work—in a professional IDE, with real project constraints, solving problems that actually matter. Welcome to software engineering as it should be.
# 2
Navigate complexity with surgical precision
Most developers waste months learning random concepts without seeing how they connect. Our interactive Knowledge Map fixes this. It shows exactly how every programming concept relates to others, helping you build a structured mental model of coding.
# 3
Copy the best. Then improve.
Here's what top engineers do that others don't: they study other people's code obsessively. When you get stuck on Hyperskill, you can explore solutions published by other developers. See their exact code. Understand their approach. Learn their tricks.
# 4
Code review that actually makes you better
We stripped code review down to what actually matters: does your solution work? Have you handled the edge cases? Is there a cleaner way to write this? Hyperskill acts like a competent reviewer who actually tests your code. Not genius-level analysis, not architecture debates — just solid feedback on making your code better.

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Master advanced engineering concepts through ambitious projects. Each project deepens your expertise and transforms you from an experienced engineer into an exceptional one.

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In the modern world, data has become so abundant that processing it is no easy business. How can anyone make sense of all those words and numbers? In this project, you will write a program that processes textual and numeric data and sorts it. Your program will be able to determine the largest or most frequent pieces of data and perform the necessary calculations on them. You will practice concepts frequently tested in technical interviews at top tech companies. Data is waiting to be sorted!

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Algorithms with IMDB

We all know how hard it is to choose a movie for a party with friends! Why not invent an algorithm that will help you with the task? Create a small program that sorts movies according to the rating of your choice and learn the basics of time complexity analysis and various searching and sorting algorithms. You will practice concepts frequently tested in technical interviews at top tech companies.

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Maze Runner (Python)

Mazes are amazing: keep running and find the exit if you can! If you are not too happy about getting stuck in an actual maze, you can entertain yourself with a virtual one. In this project, you will write a program that generates mazes and looks for a way out.

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Your peers think Hyperskill rocks

Mauro Gonçalves avatar
Mauro Gonçalves
4 months ago
I learned how to work with command-line arguments, walk through directories with os.walk, filter files by extension, group files by size, and use MD5 hashes to identify duplicates more accurately. I also practiced validating user input and safely deleting selected files.
Natalia Shishina
2 years ago
I feel like there are a lot of unneeded topics and not enough of the really needed ones. But overall, the projects are pretty good and I enjoyed this track
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synth
3 years ago
Moderator
I didn't really choose this track specifically and just finished it along the way.However, this track has some good projects to sharpen and practice your thinking skills with a good number of well-known algorithms.

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Issue date August 21, 2026
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