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Re:Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for old... by Infinitesimus on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:41AM (#23322294)
I understand every interview is different, but what happens if someone with 20+ years of experience fails a leetcode-type (say, LC hard or medium trivia problem) but aces system design?

My understanding is that you probably won't get the job

Re:Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for old... by nonines on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:47AM (#23322348)
Yes. But the definition of fail is quite broad. My bitter experience shows that even simple syntactical errors (which are easy to make on a whiteboard especially if you are multilingual) were reason enough to throw me out.
Re:Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for old... by scarface74 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:50AM (#23322372)
Then don’t play that game. Three of the 5 big tech companies (not including Netflix) have cloud divisions where they are hiring consultants - no LeetCode or algorithms required.
Re:Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for old... by wyclif on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:52AM (#23324246)
What are those divisions?
Re:Ask HN: Any job boards and age-friendly companies for old... by scarface74 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:59AM (#23324370)
AWS, Azure and GCP. They all have consulting and solution architect roles.