AlgoExpert vs NeetCode: The Interview Skill Neither One Actually Trains

A few years back I worked through both AlgoExpert and NeetCode while preparing for interviews. The 100 polished videos and the 400+ free walkthroughs were useful for what they covered. The interview round that broke me wasn't a problem either platform had skipped. It was a problem they both had a clean walkthrough for, where I could read either solution after the round and recognise the technique, but in 25 minutes against a whiteboard I couldn't see it. The problem was Longest Palindromic Subst