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You can also tell employers "no". I did it in the last round and of 6 companies that tried a leetcode-style interview, only 1 ended talks. I received offers fro

by emidln 5y ago

You can also tell employers "no". I did it in the last round and of 6 companies that tried a leetcode-style interview, only 1 ended talks. I received offers from the other 5 despite not giving them a bullshit timed algo interview.

b20000 5y ago
that's great, I developed multiple succesful products and have 25 years of experience and told several "no" recently and they all decided to not interview me.
- b20000 5y ago
  just to be clear - I believe the correct response is "no". Only if we all refuse, will anything be accomplished.
  - emidln 5y ago
    This depends on the org, but an org that insists on putting me through a timed algo test isn't a place I care to work for.
mbrodersen 5y ago
I am happy to hear that. Developers have a lot more power to change things than they realise. If all developers simply refused to do leet code style interviews, employees would very quickly stop doing them.
- b20000 5y ago
  exactly, this