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> I find it's an incredible waste of time, and I hate it. Then maybe it is a waste of time? I’ve been a dev for 10 years, mentored juniors, led massive projec
by jcpst 3y ago
> I find it's an incredible waste of time, and I hate it.
Then maybe it is a waste of time?
I’ve been a dev for 10 years, mentored juniors, led massive projects, interviewed hundreds of candidates and don’t even remember ever going to leetcode.com until reading this comment.
I think hacker news is the only place I’ve ever seen the word “leetcode”.
But maybe I just live under a rock or something. Just making the point that maybe it is just a waste of time.
- sarchertech 3y agoThe majority of companies that ask leetcode style questions aren’t using the word leetcode anywhere. Leetcode is just a popular repository of the type of interview questions that are designed to prove you understand a subset of the material from an Algorithms or Data Structures class.
- danielvaughn 3y agoSame, I've conducted lots of interviews over the years and I've never used them. But there are plenty of companies, especially larger ones, that still rely on that style of interview question. And if your day-to-day job doesn't involve intensive work with algorithms, then it's easy to let those skills slip.