Does leetcode justify your interview results??
I am tired of leetcoding, last time I used leetcode in my life was to clear a interview , now doing leetcode again to get a new job. I contribute time to time in open source projects. Explore new frameworks and libraries, I learn a lot and help others in my field addressing open issues in GitHub, I really don’t see a purpose of ROTATING A TREE IN 270 DEGREES AFTER SORTING ALL CHARACTERS. Am I the only one feeling like this? Or am I dumb??
Unfortunately it’s the rule of the game.
Leetcode is a proxy to competitive programming. And there are millions of competitive programmers vying for your job
Working for a shit hole place like CDK itself should be a motivation to leetcode!
The way I see it is that 1. Most interviews don't rotate trees, especially good ones. 2. Asking real world questions is not always appropriate. What if the answer is under NDA? What if the problem is too big you can only describe without coding? It would test domain knowledge not your smartness or adaptability. It's general wisdom that adaptable smart people succeed more than long-time domain experts, because they find new ways to solve problems, not repeating the same thing again and again.
I think most folks feel this way but understand that this just comes with the territory of coding interviews. I have heard that there are a few companies that don’t ask leetcode style questions. Maybe you should pursue one of those.
Tc or gtfo