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> The other funny thing is that your previous experience doesn't do anything for you other than maybe getting to skip the technical phone screen. Everyone goes

> The other funny thing is that your previous experience doesn't do anything for you other than maybe getting to skip the technical phone screen. Everyone goes through the same process You could also argue that this is fair chance between those who just came to the field. > On the bright side, it does look like many companies are now realizing this isn't a great way to evaluate someone's ability and are beginning to incorporate more practical exercises. It's the other way around: many more companies are incorporating Leetcode style interviews as their first "filters" either via online test or quick on-site. Here's what happened: it used to be the case that only these FAANG companies have the resources and the know-how to either create these "trick" questions or picked a few from their favourite Algorithms book "exercise" part. These days thanks to many "algo" challenge websites (like InterviewCake.com) that not only provides questions but also correct, detailed, and optimized answers, it is getting easier for employers to just pick a random ones and use that as interview materials.

gameguy43 7y ago
This is the first time I've heard this characterization of Interview Cake as making the Google-style whiteboard coding interview accessible to small(er) companies. It /might/ be /somewhat/ true. But I'm skeptical. Anecdotally, when I started Interview Cake 6 years ago it was already true that most small companies my friends and I interviewed with were using these sorts of data structures and algorithms questions. The handful of exceptions were mostly companies that were outside the "scene" (usually because they weren't in SF or NY).
- hello_moto 7y ago
  I live in a hi-tech city outside SF/NYC and I can confirm that many companies in my area filter candidates using questions straight from leetcode. This was not the case 5-6 years ago.

gameguy43 7y ago

This is the first time I've heard this characterization of Interview Cake as making the Google-style whiteboard coding interview accessible to small(er) companies. It /might/ be /somewhat/ true. But I'm skeptical. Anecdotally, when I started Interview Cake 6 years ago it was already true that most small companies my friends and I interviewed with were using these sorts of data structures and algorithms questions. The handful of exceptions were mostly companies that were outside the "scene" (usually because they weren't in SF or NY).

hello_moto 7y ago
I live in a hi-tech city outside SF/NYC and I can confirm that many companies in my area filter candidates using questions straight from leetcode. This was not the case 5-6 years ago.