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"A great interview question" for what? The author sings their praises, but never actually explains what this question is good at testing or what makes it worth
by activitypea 3y ago
"A great interview question" for what? The author sings their praises, but never actually explains what this question is good at testing or what makes it worth an interviewer and candidate's time. Results might favor younger or earlier-in-career folks -- okay, why is that a good thing?
- musicale 3y agoYounger/earlier in career folks are usually cheaper, which companies like. Though I imagine they could just ask "when was your last algorithms course?" (and possibly where, and what grade you got) and save a lot of time. Or they could just ask "what year did you graduate from (whatever school level)?" But that wouldn't be as useful for making the candidate "jump through more hoops" and reinforcing compliance as well as status hierarchy - important things at most companies. And some people may have cheated their way through their algorithms class, so maybe they can be detected if it was recent enough.
- wackget 3y agoFor weeding out the people who haven't wasted weeks of their lives studying leetcode problems so they can get a job writing CSS. Duh.
- bruce343434 3y agoPretty sure this isn't the kind of question a frontend webdev would face.
- behdad 3y agoIt is true that many companies, Google included, have added area-specific questions including some for frontend webdev if I remember correctly.
- hgsgm 3y agoFor making the interview time fun for the interviewer.
- roflyear 3y agoDoesn't seem fun.
- sebzim4500 3y agoIn my experience, asking leetcode style questions is utterly miserable for the interviewer. I would stop in an instant if someone could come up with a better option.