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I too was looking for a job last year and it made me wholly depressed. Rejection after rejection, not knowing whether I'd be ask a leetcode easy, or medium, or
by stackbutterflow 4y ago
I too was looking for a job last year and it made me wholly depressed. Rejection after rejection, not knowing whether I'd be ask a leetcode easy, or medium, or whether I'd be grilled on some obscure/gotcha language features (C++ takes the crown in that domain). The randomness of it all, passing the technical tests but failing the interview with the CEO. The wide range of topics on which you might be quizzed on. Frontend, backend, javascript quirks, typescript. You worked with C++ 3 years ago? Then tell me what that piece of code does. Sorry it's undefined behavior according to the page 756 of the C++ standard version 17. You don't know how to answer this question about databases and you call yourself a backend developer? You don't know this very specific feature of SQL? Solve this leetcode problem for me. And then again the next day, and the next day, and the next week. And the week after that. And it's been two months and you've been rejected 10 times. And then you go on HN and you read that the market is hot, the market is white hot! But you, you're ready to snap at the first offer that comes to you because you're emotionally drained. Leetcode in the morning, sending applications in the afternoon, then some leetcode again before going to bed. Repeat everyday, even on weekends.
- DeathArrow 4y agoHold on and try to resist. Also, try to focus on one language / one position. For example you can chose backend / C#. Or Frontend / React. Or systems programming / C++. In my opinion, if you already went to a few interviews for the same role, you kind of know what kind of questions you are asked. Also, I find leet code as a waste of time in preparation for the interviews unless you shoot for a FAANGs. Good luck!