Was CTCI relevant at one point in time?

Apple
caracalla

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caracalla
Aug 13, 2020 10 Comments

It’s hard to believe that these leetcode easy tier questions were ever asked in interviews

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  • IGT / Eng
    FendStrat

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    FendStrat
    There was a time when CTCI was all that was needed.
    Aug 13, 2020 5
    • IGT / Eng
      FendStrat

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      FendStrat
      I think this was around 2013-2014 for internship and some full-time roles. Most questions I got were either fizzbuzz type questions, Java specific questions, implementation of a data structure, or a question directly from CTCI. I remember when I was job hunting again in 2017, LC easy was asked in phone screens, and mostly LC mediums at onsite. I get the impression now things are much harder.
      Aug 14, 2020
    • Google
      atomz

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      atomz
      Yeah when I was job hunting in 2016, it was LC easy in phone screens and LC medium in onsite. So it’s even harder than this now?

      However, I was solid L3 at the time and so naturally they may have made the questions easier.
      Aug 14, 2020
  • The more people practice (through leetcode and friends), the harder the questions become and the higher the bar goes.
    Aug 14, 2020 2
    • Samsung / Eng
      AiwM76

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      Amazon
      AiwM76
      Exactly. And the better the prep tools and resources become, the higher the bar goes too. It's basically like interview prep inflation.
      Aug 14, 2020
    • SpaceX
      qadwed

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      Google
      qadwed
      Its pretty bad. I did an onsite recently and one question was hard if you had already known a certain popular leetcode hard solution already. It was like a twist on it. I was aware of the problem but did not remember the basis solution, so trying to solve it was a real struggle, though I'm sure someone who remembered it would be able to
      Aug 14, 2020
  • Nordstrom / Mktg
    NordStorm

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    NordStorm
    What was the question
    Aug 14, 2020 0