Fang used to be a great place to work with smart people but it seems to have been diluted with a bunch of leetcoders who aren’t actually that talented. Facebook for example has grown a huge amount in the last year and I imagine they’re all awful engineers compared to 5 years ago.
May be it’s time to stop asking leetcode style questions and focus on real life experience? FANG dug this hole for themselves that rather than focusing on real world things they focussed 100% on leetcode style questions.
I think if they just asked unique questions instead of the same leetcode questions over and over that would also help. But yes, practical real world interviews would work too if they are designed well (ive also seen these interviews be too easy)
Interviewers have day jobs as well. If they spend too much time doing research on interview questions to ask then they won’t be able to do their work.
Unless you provide facts, this post is nothing more than an opininated rant!
You can also say that due to leetcode, many competent coders are getting into FANGs and then they will be nurtured as true engineers under senior engineers who work on that team. When you join a FAANGM or GAAANDU (whichever you prefer), you need to focus on learning, but to learn you need intermediate coding and thinking skills and leetcode is there for it. I agree however that people with 8 to 10 years of experience shouldn't be asked leetcode problems on interviews. Maybe make it a small component of their interview.
How do you filter out the people with 8 to 10 years of experience who haven't written any code for the last 6 years?
You only filter out those who have been coding. I meant to say 8 to 10 years of coding experience. I agree that some people stop coding and move to management, but they never apply for software engineering jobs and go after management positions instead.
1. Sadly through no fault of your own no one will listen to you AT ALL because you are from Snapchat. 2. They will say candidates are leaking the questions to leetcode 3. Nothing will change. Meritocracy right? Listen ladies and gentlemen . No one cares how good you really are. Only whether or not you can pass their test of how good or not you are. Never forget that. Learn to pass the test and feel blessed that you have figured out a way that you can.. There are many more who can only wish they could
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