Striver's 75 is takeUforward's newest short sheet, which the site titles 'India's Blind 75 Alternative'. It is a revision list of 75 problems in 12 sections, meant for the last weeks before coding interviews and placements. It also replaces an older sheet: the address of Striver's 79-problem 'last moment' DSA sheet now redirects to Striver's 75. This page covers the sheet's size and sections, how it compares with the Blind 75 guide and the Striver SDE sheet, and a schedule for the final weeks.
How big the sheet is
We read the sheet's page data on November 11, 2026. Counts were read from each list's own site data in November 2026. Lists are edited from time to time, so numbers can drift.
- 75 problems, labelled Core 34 and Pro 41. There are no Basic problems, so the sheet assumes you already know the data structures.
- 69 problems link to LeetCode and have a video; the other six, such as Aggressive Cows, Count Inversions and 0/1 Knapsack, have no LeetCode link and are practised on takeUforward.
- The page describes the goal as revisiting core patterns and practising choosing an approach, explaining its complexity and solving hard problems on your own.
- The old 79-problem last-moment sheet address now sends you here, so guides that cite '79 problems' describe the earlier version.
The 12 sections
| Section | Problems | Core / Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Arrays and hashing | 9 | 7 / 2 |
| Binary search and search on answer | 5 | 1 / 4 |
| Sliding window and two pointers | 5 | 2 / 3 |
| Linked lists | 6 | 3 / 3 |
| Stacks, queues, heaps and caches | 8 | 2 / 6 |
| Greedy and intervals | 2 | 1 / 1 |
| Binary trees and BST | 9 | 3 / 6 |
| Recursion, backtracking and tries | 7 | 3 / 4 |
| Graphs, shortest paths and DSU | 12 | 7 / 5 |
| Dynamic programming | 10 | 5 / 5 |
| String matching | 1 | 0 / 1 |
| Number theory | 1 | 0 / 1 |
Graphs get the largest section, with 12 problems including Dijkstra's algorithm, Cheapest Flight Within K Stops, minimum spanning trees, bridges in a graph and Word Ladder II. Greedy, string matching and number theory get only one or two problems each, and there is no bit manipulation section.
Striver's 75 vs Blind 75
Overlap is our own count, matched by LeetCode problem.
| Striver's 75 | Blind 75 | |
|---|---|---|
| Problems | 75 | 75 |
| Difficulty labels | Core 34 / Pro 41 | 19 easy / 49 medium / 7 hard |
| Premium problems | None; six problems have no LeetCode link | 6 |
| Graph problems | 12, with shortest paths, MST and DSU | 7 |
| Bit manipulation | None | 5 |
- 22 problems are in both, including 3Sum, Longest Consecutive Sequence, Minimum Window Substring, Merge k Sorted Lists, Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree, Coin Change and Longest Common Subsequence.
- Striver's 75 is harder: it drops Blind 75's easy warm-ups such as Two Sum and Valid Anagram and adds problems such as LFU Cache, Burst Balloons, Cherry Pickup II and Distinct Subsequences.
- Blind 75 covers bit manipulation, its three trie problems and simple tree problems such as Invert Binary Tree, none of which are in Striver's 75.
Striver's 75 vs the SDE sheet
- Size: 75 problems against the classic SDE sheet's 156, which still has 10 Basic problems.
- Overlap: by our count, 41 problems are in both sheets when matched by title, and 65 of the 75 also appear in Striver's 180.
- Graphs: Striver's 75 has 12 graph problems, against only 5 in the current SDE sheet, which makes it the better final check for graph rounds.
- Structure: the SDE sheet uses 27 short day-sized sections; Striver's 75 merges topics into 12 broader sections, closer to how interview lists such as Blind 75 are grouped.
If you are still learning the topics, start with the Striver A2Z sheet instead; Striver's 75 is for checking what you already know.
A schedule for the final weeks
- Three weeks out: one or two sections a day, about four problems, timed at 30 minutes each, with the remaining days for repeats.
- Ten days out: about eight problems a day, Pro problems first, since Core problems are the ones you are most likely to know already.
- Final three days: only the problems you failed, re-solved from a blank editor while explaining your approach out loud.
- Gaps to fill: add Blind 75's five bit manipulation problems and a few easy tree problems if your interview includes a phone screen.
For a longer Indian sheet to work through before the final weeks, see the Love Babbar 450 sheet.
Turning a list into interview skill
Any list only helps if the practice transfers to problems you have not seen. These habits make the difference:
- Time-box every attempt: about 25 minutes for a medium before you read a solution.
- Keep a log with one line per problem: the pattern, the key idea and the complexity.
- Redo failed problems after three days, a week and three weeks, without looking at your old code.
- Explain your approach out loud before and while you code, as you would to an interviewer.
- In the last two weeks, switch to unseen problems without topic labels.
The patterns most lists are built on are explained in array and string patterns and tree, graph and recursion patterns.
Where CoPilot Interview fits
Finishing a list is not the same as passing an interview: interviewers score how you explain your approach, your trade-offs and your complexity out loud. CoPilot Interview is an AI interview assistant; its free AI mock interview asks coding questions, listens to your spoken explanation and scores it out of ten with a model answer, which is the part a problem list cannot train. The free plan gives 15 minutes a day of live help in sessions of up to 15 minutes, with AI mock interviews included. Online assessments and live coding rounds usually forbid outside help, so practice now and follow your employer's rules on the day.
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Frequently asked questions
How many problems are in Striver's 75?
75, in 12 sections, labelled Core 34 and Pro 41, according to the sheet's page data in November 2026.
What happened to Striver's 79 last-moment sheet?
Its address now redirects to Striver's 75, so Striver's 75 is the current short revision sheet.
How many problems do Striver's 75 and Blind 75 share?
22, matched by LeetCode problem, by our count in November 2026.
Is Striver's 75 good for beginners?
Not as a first sheet. It has no Basic problems and more Pro problems than Core. Learn the topics first with A2Z or a longer list, then use Striver's 75 to revise.
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