I also hate leetcode as a measure of "coding competence." I don't think they're "worthless" but totally depends on your job. I notice that if I'm rusty at lee

I also hate leetcode as a measure of "coding competence." I don't think they're "worthless" but totally depends on your job. I notice that if I'm rusty at leetcode, it takes about a week to get ramp back up... but we're talking 10x better. I don't at all believe I magically got 10x better at coding though... just 10x better at recognizing and remembering patterns. I think the best type of interview for everyone is the "walk me through X" type. You can almost always spot BS in those and if you can't... should you even be interviewing? I would 100% rather have someone that knows how to glue pieces together vs someone that is good at leetcode... don't get me wrong, I'm amazed at how awesome people are at it and I've met people who excel at both... but I feel its just too weighted in interviews.