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The leetcode style of interviewing is essentially a legal way to practice age discrimination. When you're young and just starting your career, you typically ha
by tharne 5y ago
The leetcode style of interviewing is essentially a legal way to practice age discrimination.
When you're young and just starting your career, you typically have nothing but time, and doing programming challenges on evenings and weekends can even be fun. As you get older, life happens and you have children to take care of, older relatives to help out, a spouse who'd like to see you every so often, etc. Practicing leetcode-style problems in your 30's and 40's means less time with your family, offloading more of the childcare and housework onto your spouse, putting off household chores and repairs, and so on. So you end up with a hiring process that's incredibly hostile to older workers while being a relatively easy lift for younger workers with fewer responsibilities.
- frankbreetz 5y agoIt's almost a way to see how much time and effort someone will spend preparing for something. If someone spends a lot of time preparing for a job interview, it is not a stretch to think they will spend a lot of time on work assignments. And, as someone in there 30s with two young children, I find time for interview prep easier then any other point in my life. As you get older you should get better at learning. Also, who doesn't have chores and jobs when they are in their early twenties, you should get better at managing your time as you get older.