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The reason companies like Google can and do it is because their funnel of incoming candidates is large enough that they can decide to choose the 'intersection'
by borplk 6y ago
The reason companies like Google can and do it is because their funnel of incoming candidates is large enough that they can decide to choose the 'intersection' of many factors combined. Meaning they will filter down to people who trained for LeetCode questions AND they are also otherwise skilled.
- fogetti 6y agoTake home assignments can be automated the same way as leetcode tasks actually. So there must be something else to it. I think people underestimate human nature in this case. It's a known thing that many interviewers just do the interviews for the sake of feeling superior than someone else. It was another trend in the industry to ask stupid brainteasers like "Estimate how many gas stations there are in Manhattan" until Google banned the whole thing altogether. Google judged that these questions only serve to make the interviewer feel clever and self-satisfied. [0] It's time to do the same with whiteboard interviews. [0] https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hire-like-google/