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Yeah I agree I'm similar to you in that I'm a parent with 2 kids 16 years exp and these leetcode tests kick my butt. The companies making you do this though li
by Dave3of5 5y ago
Yeah I agree I'm similar to you in that I'm a parent with 2 kids 16 years exp and these leetcode tests kick my butt.
The companies making you do this though likely don't want someone like me. They want someone young who will burn themselves out working 80 hours a week for them.
So I guess it's a good filter for me as well.
- pawelmurias 5y agoAlmost nobody would stay productive coding 80 hours per week.
- danlugo92 5y agoAlmost nobody is productive past the 30 hours a week stage (excl meetings and lunch hour and whatnot).
- squidlogic 5y agoI'm doing the hiring for a small company. We do coding tests as part of our interview process. I know it can show false negatives but it rarely shows false positives (wrt coding ability). However, we don't ask employees to work anything like 80 hours a week. In fact, we track overtime hours (> 40hrs/wk) and pull the red "panic" lever when it goes above a threshold as a control for burnout. But like you said, you're applying a filter too (if no coding test -> low overtime required). It probably has false negatives (my company), but it's worth it for you because you have found that it rarely shows false positives.
- sockgrant 5y agoFacebook and Google don’t expect 80 weeks and they do leet code interviews. I’d think most people do 40 hour weeks there.