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Anything leetcode related comes down to rote memorization. If LC is part of interviewing process you are hiring people who good at repeating things they’ve memo
by bra-ket 6y ago
Anything leetcode related comes down to rote memorization. If LC is part of interviewing process you are hiring people who good at repeating things they’ve memorized, have a lot of stamina to spend hundreds of hours doing meaningless work and are very good at following orders. If that’s what you need than it’s a great filter.
You can save some effort though and just hire anyone who passed Chinese or Korean grueling school system with emphasis on standardized tests. LC-based interviews follow the same tradition.
- s17n 6y agoLol, nobody I know took this approach and they are very good at these types of interviews.
- wulfmann 6y agoIt’s very company-dependent, but most are not wanting a regurgitated answer. If you have a solid grasp on data structures and traversals, you can solve a lot of those puzzle problems. Sure some have tricks, but they’re not completely pointless and certainly don’t indicate anything about the person being willing to “spend hundreds of hours doing meaningless work” or are “good at following orders”.