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Why should a job be an exam? For someone who has worked at both FAANGS and startup, I've never found a job that remotely matches a leetcode problem. Most compa
by John23832 2y ago
Why should a job be an exam? For someone who has worked at both FAANGS and startup, I've never found a job that remotely matches a leetcode problem.
Most companies are building products anyway.
- bluGill 2y agoThe only value in leetcode is you should be able to solve a couple in a short time and thus prove you are least know something about writing code. We use them as an interview prescreen because once in a while someone seems like a good person we would like to work with, but we have no clue after the interview if they can really code. We had one person who worked on [censored] 20 years ago, then was manager of [non-programmers, rest censored] - now wants to get back into coding - can this person still code? If so I want them, but if they have forgotten everything... I of course censored details for privacy reasons.
- emodendroket 2y agoBecause it seems a fairer way of apportioning limited opportunities than just looking at what school you went to, looking at previous companies on your resume, or seeing how well you can shoot the breeze.
- John23832 2y agoAn irrelevant exam vs nepotism/cronyism aren't the only two options.
- emodendroket 2y agoI don't agree that the test is "irrelevant," but what option do you recommend?
- John23832 2y agoInterrogate the actual skills of the job and not pointless rote learning.
- emodendroket 2y agoHow?