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Maybe I'm too young, but is it really that bad? Statistically speaking, would you hire a person that's good at leet code, or one that isn't? Probably it's not
by eddd-ddde 2y ago
Maybe I'm too young, but is it really that bad?
Statistically speaking, would you hire a person that's good at leet code, or one that isn't?
Probably it's not directly related to what you will do at the position, but if it takes you 1 week to prepare for an interview and you can't do that, I believe that speaks a lot regarding someone's qualifications.
- b20000 2y agoi takes months to prepare and memorize optimal solutions: during an interview in my experience it is timed AND you need to give the optimal solution AND you need to talk while coding hiring those good at leetcode will get you a team consisting of people who had the time to practice and are good at practicing. that’s it. not passing leetcode interviews has no meaning regarding someone’s capabilities. and BTW i am not talking about a basic for loop type problem.
- Tabular-Iceberg 2y agoYou’ve also optimised for a developers who possess a certain degree of grit and determination even in the face of boring and unfulfilling work.
- b20000 2y agoyeah, and they still can’t build real solutions despite passing leetcode
- Tabular-Iceberg 2y agoThat happens for sure, but you'd still rather have one that can both build real solutions and grind leetcode than one that can build real solutions, but ends up wasting time on HN as soon as the going gets tough. And I say that as someone who decidedly belongs to the latter category.