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,, Tech interviews suck. Engineers grind LeetCode for months just so they can write the optimal quicksort solution in 15 minutes, but on the job you just import
by xiphias2 5y ago
,, Tech interviews suck. Engineers grind LeetCode for months just so they can write the optimal quicksort solution in 15 minutes, but on the job you just import it from some library like you're supposed to.’’
I was responding to this negative part of the introduction. Actually all of the mentioned frameworks are disallowed at Google (where leet code style interviews were introduced), because they are not fit for serving billions of people in the latency budget in the search/ads stack.
If you would rephrase it that for most companies leet code style interviews don’t make sense (and probably are your customers), I would agree, but the few where it makes sense are really important companies.
- garyjlin 5y agoI think you make a good point here, you're right, because leet code style interviews don't work for most companies, but they do work for some companies with specific needs. I recently spoke to a prospective client where they mentioned they need a quick way to filter through hundreds of candidates pre-funnel and they only want to know if they can write basic code. If you can write basic code, you pass and your resume gets a look. They specifically didn't want anything too deep or difficult. I actually recommended that they use a tool like HackerRank or LeetCode instead of us because it made more sense for their use case.