Can you become so good and/or popular in your job that you don't need a tech interview, you get an instant offer?
E.g. talking in conferences, making youtube videos, participating in twitter, etc. #interview
If you’re a professor at Berkeley or Stanford I’m sure you would not need an interview
I would be really interested what is their success rate in LeetCode questions
Probably super high. Math olympiads are phd students at top schools.
How do you think founding engineers are hired?
You have to actually produce results. Just talking theory won’t get instant offers.
Yes definitely, probably more common in startups where someone is poached because someone else with a trusted opinion gives a stellar referral
If you are Guido van Rossum, dropbox probably didnt ask him LC hard in python
Maybe they asked him LC hard in Java to see how versatile he is. Or in C# when he moved to MSFT :P
You can bypass interviews if you're a strategic hire approved by VP.
Maybe dumb question: Strategic hire means that you should bring more people with you or someone who works on strategy?
Can be either. It simply means you're hired to significantly change the company business. It's more common in startups.