Are LC style interviews here to stay?

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BdMz27

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BdMz27
Dec 20, 2021 17 Comments

10 years ago, you could get a decent job without much LCing and mostly using your credentials. Today LC is everywhere and difficulty levels are increasingly harder even at lower tier companies.

Where do you think this is headed?

(If you choose no, please post what you think will be the alternative)

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  • Apple
    chiffy

    Go to company page Apple

    chiffy
    I kinda like LC for hiring but it’s so pervasive and gamed now that I wonder if companies will realise they’ve hired too many LC-monkeys and need to change things up
    Dec 20, 2021 1
  • New
    vzeq77

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    vzeq77
    SWEs complain about leetcoding but it is 100% better then the MCAT+USMLE or the prestige circlejerk that is which Law School/Clerkship/BSchool did you go to.

    The top tier firms in tech will give you a shot if you apply often enough and their standards are (relatively) clear. Cravath won’t spit at you if you didn’t go to a top 6 law school
    Dec 22, 2021 5
    • New
      vzeq77

      New

      vzeq77
      Ah, congrats!
      Dec 22, 2021
    • New
      BdMz27

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      BdMz27
      OP
      Thanks.
      Dec 22, 2021
  • Uber / Eng
    😴restnvest

    Go to company page Uber Eng

    😴restnvest
    Of course it will get harder. A few years ago there were only 300 problems on LC and now there is over 2000
    Dec 20, 2021 0
  • I did some frontend and more product-focused fullstack interview loops recently for Airtable, Brex, Ramp, and Retool, and I was asked no LC. Made me feel interviewing was generally moving toward more practical questions, or at least questions more tailored towards the candidate’s background when possible.
    Dec 20, 2021 0
  • Apple
    code jello

    Go to company page Apple

    code jello
    I think LC questions will always stay but instead 3 LC you will only get one with the other two replaced for industry practice related

    At stripe they give you access to a codebase and you have to do something on it
    Dec 20, 2021 0