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I guess all that leetcoding and stack ranking didn't in fact produce "the cream of the crop"...
by corimaith 2y ago
I guess all that leetcoding and stack ranking didn't in fact produce "the cream of the crop"...
- omgwtfbyobbq 2y agoIt produces the cream of the leetcoding stack ranking crop.
- brookst 2y agoYou get what you measure.
- rockemsockem 2y agoYou sound extremely satisfied by that. I'm glad you found a way to validate your preconceived notions on this beautiful day. I hope your joy is enduring.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoThere's an interesting tweet here from someone who used to work at DeepSeek, which describes their hiring process and culture. No mention of LeetCoding for sure! https://x.com/wzihanw/status/1872826641518395587 https://x.com/wzihanw/status/1872826641518395587
- whimsicalism 2y agothey almost certainly ask coding/technical questions. the people doing this work are far beyond being gatekept by leetcode leetcode is like HN’s “DEI” - something they want to blame everything on
- slt2021 2y agothey recruit from top Computer Science programs, the top of the class MS and PhD students
- dmix 2y agowhat is leetcode
- whimsicalism 2y agoa style of coding challenges asked in interviews for software engineers, generally focused on algorithmic thinking
- angoragoats 2y agoIt’s also known for being not reflective of the actual work that most companies do, especially the companies that use it.
- amarcheschi 2y agoI've recently ended an internship for my bachelor at the Italian research Council where I had to deal with federated learning, and it was hard as well for my researchers supervisors. However, I sort of did a good job. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't be able to solve many leetcode exercises, since it's something that I've never had to deal with aside from university tasks... And I made a few side projects for myself as well
- strictnein 2y agoleetcode.com - If you interview at Meta, these are the questions they'll ask you
- tempaccount420 2y agoDid you read the tweet? It doesn't sound that way to me. They hire specialized talent (note especially the "Know-It-All" part)
- lvl155 2y agoDeepseek team is mostly quants from my understanding which explains why they were able to pull this off. Some of the best coders I’ve met have been quants.
- slt2021 2y agothe real bloat is in managers, Sr. Managers, Directors, Sr. Directors, and VPs, not the engineers. At least engineers have some code to show for, unlike managerial class...