Interval Problems - Merge, Insert, and Schedule

Public lesson preview

Master interval-based problems from merge and insert to meeting rooms and sweep lines. Learn the sorting strategies and patterns interviewers expect.

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will understand:

• ✓Interval Representation
• ✓Merge Overlapping Intervals
• ✓Insert Interval
• ✓Meeting Rooms I - Can Attend All?
• ✓Meeting Rooms II - Minimum Rooms

Lesson outline

1. Interval Representation
2. Merge Overlapping Intervals
3. Insert Interval
4. Meeting Rooms I - Can Attend All?
5. Meeting Rooms II - Minimum Rooms
6. Non-Overlapping Intervals - Minimum Removals
7. Interval List Intersections
8. The Sweep Line Technique
9. Calendar Booking
10. Pattern Recognition - When to Suspect Intervals
11. 📚 Further Reading