I don't know man. I think you're going against Hanlon's razor with this belief. LeetCode type problems may do the things you're saying, but I'm not sure that's

I don't know man. I think you're going against Hanlon's razor with this belief. LeetCode type problems may do the things you're saying, but I'm not sure that's the intent. Personally, I believe the reason companies do LeetCode type questions is because everyone else is doing them and no one can agree on a better way. Large companies want a hiring process that scales and is relatively uniform and LeetCode questions meet that criteria. Is there a better way? Probably, but figuring out what that is takes time, effort, and investment and most companies don't want make that investment for something they may get wrong. Basically, most everyone knows LeetCode is shit, but as long as everyone else is doing it, there's little incentive to change. If everyone is doing the same stupid thing, at least your company isn't falling behind. If you decide to do something different, there's a real possibility you could spend a bunch of time and effort only to make things worse.