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> "wow I'm so lucky I got through that interview, there's no way I would pass it if I did it again today." That's because most people wouldn't pass their inter
by wuunderbar 8y ago
> "wow I'm so lucky I got through that interview, there's no way I would pass it if I did it again today."
That's because most people wouldn't pass their interviews if you gave it to them again.
Unfortunately a lot of interviews these days are passed by grinding on LeetCode (that's not to say your experience doesn't get displayed in other forms) and then forgetting about these patterns & problems after.
- askar_yu 8y agoWhat makes you imply that those who grind on Leetcode then forget?
- gaius 8y agoBecause these skills are use-it-or-lose-it. They will be LRU'd out by the skills you will actually use every day. I guarantee at your next job you will not have to roll your own red-black tree from scratch...
- ilikehurdles 8y agoI can confidently say that none of my technical interview practice has ever transferred to a useful skill in the job role, but I can confidently say it has helped me land jobs. Not using it definitely makes me forget it.
- brandall10 8y agoYou don't forget, but you do fall out of practice doing what are essentially competitive programming exercises. When you're in a situation in front of a whiteboard with 15-45 minutes to craft some algorithm it makes a ton of difference whether or you've been practicing.