How many here think leetcode style interviewing and hiring is here to stay?

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Oct 26, 2018 20 Comments

4-5 years from now - do you still expect leetcode to be the basis of hiring?

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  • Amazon / Eng
    kwq7812

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    kwq7812
    Coding interviews aren’t the problem. It’s the interviewers themselves who are the problem.

    At some point, the emphasis shifted (or slipped, more like it) from a genuine attempt to understand a candidate’s thinking and general approach to problem solving to a binary test of “right” and “wrong.” It went from an intelligent discussion about the nuances of a solution in context, to a mindless hunt for a contrived optimum (time complexity, usually—space complexity, code quality, or anything else that actually matters in the real world be damned; just jam it into a map, baby).

    Somebody, somewhere, some years ago slipped up and hired a code monkey. Just like any other disease vector, it only takes one. That monkey went out and started interviewing candidates themselves; monkeys beget monkeys, as you can imagine, and now the entire industry is overrun with them.
    Oct 27, 2018 1
  • God I hope not
    Oct 26, 2018 0
  • Microsoft
    白人への死

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    白人への死
    I'm noticing more and more is moving to "I have this 500 line code sample. Help me implement this addition to it."
    Oct 26, 2018 1
    • Apple
      Gg56fh

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      Gg56fh
      Are there some good examples of this? We are trying to manufacture some samples for our team interviews but the additions are either too simple from an algorithms standpoint or a 1-2 day task (not 30-45 min).
      Oct 27, 2018
  • New
    msft_girl

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    msft_girl
    coding interviews have been industry standard for a long time, no?
    Oct 26, 2018 5
  • In 5 years I don’t think coding will be nearly as lucrative as it is today.
    Oct 27, 2018 1