There are still plenty of good SWE jobs out there that don’t require a whiteboard-style interview. But having said that, I try to think of Leetcode as akin to a

There are still plenty of good SWE jobs out there that don’t require a whiteboard-style interview. But having said that, I try to think of Leetcode as akin to a crossword puzzle or sudoku, just kind of a good brain-workout for fun every now and then. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t. Even if those types of problems don’t come up very often in day-to-day work I think it’s good practice.