Leetcode leetcode leetcode, as if nothing else matters! 🤔

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Mar 29 16 Comments

Nowadays cracking the interviews has become part of Luck, because of Leetcode.

Interviewers demand you should provide most optimal solution, design it and code also, thinking all boundary conditions. All this should happen in 40 mins. No excuse.
interviewers are too choosy, they want full fledge solution, with syntactical code. No points to approach.

So to do all that in given time, u shud hv solved tht leetcode problem or similar problem. Which is part of luck. You might have solved 200-300 Q. But if u haven’t solved tht asked chosen one Q, then obviously it takes some extra time, and ruins your chances.

Guys we need to change this hiring system, after-all industry is made of us.
We should define what and how should we hire new candidates. We should not let Industry define us.

Please try to see wholistic view and let’s bring the change.

#tech #interviews #offer #hiring #software #engineering #meta #faang #Microsoft #Amazon #startups

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  • Tech interview preps have become a profitable industry if you haven’t noticed.
    Mar 29 1
  • Ubisoft
    yLcC27

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    yLcC27
    Agreed LC has became a rat race even shitty companies do medium nowadays
    Mar 29 1
  • Square
    blockxyz

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    blockxyz
    I interviewed at a bunch of places last year and the only three that actually asked tricky LC questions were Meta, Google, and Amazon. Obviously other places also had coding interviews, but the problems were much more straightforward and reasonable. After doing more than 300 LC questions, I felt over-prepared at most places.
    Mar 29 3
    • New / Eng
      oldpeanuts

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      oldpeanuts
      Where else did you interview?
      Mar 29
    • Zoom
      32dz321

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      32dz321
      yeah felt the same way when I interviewed at Square and Atlassian, both asked practical coding questions / oop design
      Mar 29
  • MongoDB
    TcwY80

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    TcwY80
    Leetcode is just a bar of entry used as a filtering tool. Just because you can pass a leetcode interview doesn't mean you automatically get hired.

    It's understandable that someone who can't pass leetcode tests yet would think that leetcode is the only bar, because that's the only bar they see from their perspective.

    System design and behavioral interviews determine your level. New grads aren't expected to have much system design knowledge, and behavioral for them is just being polite and able to hold a conversation.

    As you gain experience you are expected to understand system design tradeoffs and be able to apply your experience in leadership situations. Someone right out of college could get hired with just leetcode, but someone with 20 yoe might get rejected if they only know leetcode.
    Mar 29 3
    • Oracle
      snaper

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      snaper
      In addition to knowing the industry for 20 years now one needs to learn leetcode problems which adds zero value in terms of career development and is a fucking second job I have to do in the evenings instead of spending that time with my kids. FFS
      Mar 30
    • MongoDB
      TcwY80

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      TcwY80
      I have 20+ yoe and leetcode definitely helped me become a better programmer.

      I now write the right code the first time instead of the 3rd or 4th iteration. More code, fewer bugs, code reviews that don't suck.
      Mar 30
  • Cisco
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    OP
    I think, we have to propose to higher management in our respective companies, to define a good wholistic hiring process. Such as,

    For freshers -
    75% Of interview depending on Leetcode style Algo and DS + 25% educational projects

    For 5 YOE or senior roles
    50% Leetcode + 20% system design + 20% resume projects + 10% behavioral

    For 8-10 YOE or staff roles
    40% Leetcode + 25% system design + 25% resume projects + 10% behavioral

    For 12+ yoe or lead roles
    20% Leetcode + 50% system design + 20% resume projects + 10% behavioral

    Likewise…
    Mar 30 0