> I understand why interviewers do this. They want to get a sense for what candidates actually know versus what they’ve copy/pasted from the web. But this proce

> I understand why interviewers do this. They want to get a sense for what candidates actually know versus what they’ve copy/pasted from the web. But this process is stupid for a variety of reasons. That's not how I understand them. I always saw them as a way to see if the candidate is ready to invest a certain amount of time and energy. A bit like "if you can grind leetcode and pass the X interview, you can probably contribute to our codebase".