> part of the value of competitive programming is just being good at some coding interviews This is crystallized into leetcode, which trains you for "technical

> part of the value of competitive programming is just being good at some coding interviews This is crystallized into leetcode, which trains you for "technical" interviews that consist of solving leetcode problems. It's a circular system. However, using algorithm puzzles is something of an improvement over old school puzzle interviews where you might have had to solve a rubik's cube, a chess problem, logic puzzles, or an arbitrary "brain teaser."