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Yes. These days onsites have at least three categories of interviews: leetcode style, system design and behavioral. For L5 level (senior) and above, the latter
by lhorie 4y ago
Yes. These days onsites have at least three categories of interviews: leetcode style, system design and behavioral. For L5 level (senior) and above, the latter two tend to weigh more heavily.
It's also more common now to have two coding sessions, and even two system design ones, under the rationalization that it reduces interviewer bias.
Google explicitly links to leetcode/hackerrank/etc as suggestions for practice resources in their pre-interview email, implying that practicing artificial DS&A quizzes is now table stakes.
I would be curious as to whether these changes have been data driven, or whether the bar is being increased purely out of necessity to weed out candidates more strictly.
I certainly have seen my share of candidates that do fine in leetcode sessions but then go on to fail in the other sessions for various reasons that allegedly correlate to work performance.