> The problem is that this has become the primary and sole measure by which we're judging candidates. This leads to a pathological condition at many large tech

> The problem is that this has become the primary and sole measure by which we're judging candidates. This leads to a pathological condition at many large tech companies where the outputs of an engineer do not matter for their career. Very much this. With interviewing having become a second career in an unrelated field, people will choose whether to spend most of their energy in working the job or preparing for the next interview rounds in a year. I always interview people based on the actual job they've been doing (based on what they claim on the resume). I don't care how good you are at leetcode because that's not what the job will be about. I care how and what you've been doing in your current and past jobs. So we talk about that instead.