> Even before AI tools, anyone can write code. If only that was true. As an interviewer, I had quite a few instances when candidates couldn't write any code (e

> Even before AI tools, anyone can write code. If only that was true. As an interviewer, I had quite a few instances when candidates couldn't write any code (especially during initial screening). And sometimes you wonder how did they get to the onsite. I have a lot of things to say about modern leetcode style interviews, but there clearly must be some place in the process, where candidate is actually writing some code in front of an interviewer.