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---
title: 'Week 5'
description: 'DP, greedy, and intervals. Run Mock #3 at the Staff bar. Start the live screens.'
sidebar:
icon: trending-up
---
**September 14–20, 2026.** Add the last patterns. Finish the NeetCode 150 core. Run Mock #3 at the Staff bar. Start the live screens.
## Goals
- [ ] Learn dynamic programming, greedy, and intervals.
- [ ] Finish the NeetCode 150 core (about 140 of 150).
- [ ] Run Mock #3 at the explicit Staff bar.
- [ ] Pass at least one live screen.
## Daily schedule
| Day | Concept — B1 (untimed) | Timed problems — B2 and B-set | Track B — B4 | Behavioral and pipeline — B5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | DP, 1-D (10 walkthroughs, split) | Climbing Stairs, Min Cost Climbing Stairs, House Robber I and II (4) + B-set | **Mock #3** (Staff bar) | Robinhood Karat screen |
| Tue | DP, more | Palindromic Substrings, Decode Ways, Coin Change (3) + B-set | Bug-squash drill 2 | Ramp CodeSignal test |
| Wed | Greedy (5 walkthroughs) | Maximum Subarray, Jump Game I and II, Gas Station (4) + B-set | System design rep 5: Matching Engine with exactly-once accounting | Brex practical screen |
| Thu | Intervals (5 walkthroughs) | Insert Interval, Merge Intervals, Non-Overlapping Intervals, Meeting Rooms I and II (5) + B-set | Ramp-format rep: present 30 minutes, then open design 30 minutes | Kraken code-review call |
| Fri | Gate day. Do no new lesson. | Company-tagged: 3 timed Robinhood problems + B-set | Review the gate result. | Tell the Coinbase recruiter: target IC6. Defer the onsite to week 7. |
| Sat | Buffer: redo red and yellow concepts | Coinbase-tagged: 3 timed exchange problems + B-set catch-up | Build the patch list from the screen feedback | Apply to Stripe, Plaid, and Circle. Ask for a referral first. |
## Daily blocks
Use the same 10-hour day as [Week 1](/schedule/week-1). Keep Sunday off.
## Friday gate
:::warning[Gate]
Pass at least one live screen this week. If no screen passes, repeat the outreach and hold the top-target onsites.
:::
:::danger[Coinbase last]
Interview with Coinbase last. Always. Tell the recruiter that late September works best.
:::
## Outputs
- About 19 A-set and company-tagged problems, timed.
- Mock #3 at the Staff bar.
- Four or more live screens.
- The NeetCode 150 core complete (about 140 of 150).