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that's an engineer's opinion about things beyond his understanding 75% of fresh grads are below mediocre, to put it very mildly. 50% of candidates with a seemi

that's an engineer's opinion about things beyond his understanding 75% of fresh grads are below mediocre, to put it very mildly. 50% of candidates with a seemingly OK employment record or portfolio are too. leetcode filters them out right away. that's the purpose it serves. it's not there to get you good candidates, it's there to make sure that you only spend time interviewing potentially good candidates. I would agree that it would be ideal to use coding challenges suited for the job you're hiring for, but that would take a lot more time and effort to make and review

iostream25 4y ago
... and as a result there are false negatives and you turn away actual top talent who can't Leetcode. Effort spent on hiring process is reflected in quality of employees.
- throwaway0x7E6 4y ago
  top talent gets hired outright, based on their prior work potential top talent might get turned away yeah - if they can't leetcode and have nothing impressive on their resume, but that's acceptable
charles_f 4y ago
That's a Microsoft engineering manager's opinion formed over his understanding over his past 10y of hiring. Leetcode doesn't act as an efficient filter. If you want actual talent you need to put effort into it.