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It's a very strange filter though. At my current job there's a multi-stage hiring process with leetcode tests. And yet most people lack substantial domain knowl
by blablabla123 2y ago
It's a very strange filter though. At my current job there's a multi-stage hiring process with leetcode tests. And yet most people lack substantial domain knowledge, it's really frustrating. In fact the code base hardly has a visible architecture
- wildrhythms 2y agoIndeed, Leetcode tests algorithmic knowledge but no domain knowledge. I work professionally as a front-end developer and I dread losing my job because I could never pass a Leetcode interview. I can thoroughly reason about web development, I know the stack front and back, it's my passion... but a Leetcode interview doesn't test for that at all. I think every tech-related company looked at the high bar at big tech, assumed the algorithm questions was the only signal (it's not), and have been poorly aping that ever since. I also think a simple 20 minute discussion between a hiring candidate and an engineer simply discussing how to build something will give you better hiring signals than any Leetcode challenge.
- mianos 2y agoYep, it's just some "cargo cult". I attended a meetup a number of years ago at a local trading firm, well known for a barrage of impossible puzzles and some simpler, like implement an order book for a matching engine. One of their senior guys did a talk on their trading system. I asked a basic question and the answer was so naive it was shocking. Maybe their best people don't do the talking.