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They are much better than livecoding. I take 8 hour home assignment over 1 hour livecode torture.
by oleg_antonyan 4y ago
They are much better than livecoding. I take 8 hour home assignment over 1 hour livecode torture.
- gwd 4y agoAt least with live-coding, the company is investing at least as many person-hours as you are -- in my experience 2x as much, since there are normally 2 people doing the evaluation.
- n0tth3dro1ds 4y agoPreparation for live-coding, leetcode style interviews takes way longer than any take home. Kids on Blind are doing 200+ leetcode problems before starting their interview loops. How many hours is that? You’re basically just choosing to forget about all the prep needed to ace a DP problem on the spot.
- sokoloff 4y agoI find the leetcode problems fun. I’m not planning to interview for an SWE role until it’s time to “retire”, but I do several leetcode problems a week anyway.
- oleg_antonyan 4y agoIt doesn't matter if you are like me, cannot perform at all in such environment: stress, sweaty palms, high heartrate and inability to write anything harder than hello world.
- collyw 4y agoI am 50/50 with this. Livecoding is very hit and miss. If the answer comes into your head under the pressure, all good. If it doesn't you look incompetent. Usually it's 50/50 for me. So 2 hours of effort would likely get me pass. 8 hours of assignment should as well, but I have been rejected for ridiculously trivial reasons on take homes as well.
- throwaway43345 4y agoSame here, The take home assignments are easy for me, but I can't seem to manage to break through the live-code / leet-code sections with the guaranteed panic attacks. Lucky for me, landed a role that had checked my github profile and answered some questions, which was sufficient to convince them. No waterboarding required :)
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