I just ground out about 200 leet code problems out over the course of 3 months and it wasn’t too bad. I reset my expectations that I wouldn’t be able to do hard

I just ground out about 200 leet code problems out over the course of 3 months and it wasn’t too bad. I reset my expectations that I wouldn’t be able to do hard level ones straight out of the gate. They are just puzzles, and like any set of puzzles, they have their own tricks to solve. Doing some trivial ones to ramp up helped a lot. My most recent interviewing experience has shifted from hard level problems to mostly medium problems and more “real” applicable problems like a mini excel, LRU, or an undo/redo state system. One recruiter told me they are more looking to screen that you can code with AI than anything else. Hiring has also shifted to look beyond new grads. Your loyalty and real world skills will outshine any coding interviews.