I agree, on the startup side, the only "brilliant" player is the founder(s), and they just need people to pump code, do marketing, etc... non-stop, because "the

I agree, on the startup side, the only "brilliant" player is the founder(s), and they just need people to pump code, do marketing, etc... non-stop, because "they believe on the mission". I don't like the Leetcode interviews either, but what can we do? I have had the other types of interviews (take home projects, trivia questions, code reviews, pair programming) and all of them suck as well. At least with leetcode you know if you "got it right", there is less subjectivity in the process. Also, assuming someone is less smart because do leetcode interviews is a bad take. All companies (not only startups) need obedient workers, and the interview method have very little to do with that. If you are a true rebel, would you work for somebody else?