Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv...
by hiq on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:12AM
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I think OP meant "not good enough" to pass the interview, not to perform on the job.
Saying that a certain $PREDICTOR is bad in itself doesn't say much, in particular it doesn't say whether there's a better one available under the same constraints. Widespread leetcode interviews is just an indication that large companies have not found a better predictor yet (again, under the same constraints with respect to time, budget, etc.).
There is an abundance of people more than “good enough” for roles at FAANGs. They may simply not be stellar at the examination process used by FAANGs to assess candidates.
As much as many folks at those companies might want to partake in some fart-huffing and call that a predictor of engineering excellence, it’s not. It’s an optimization to shovel candidates at scale, and intentionally throws out ton of exceptional and even over-qualified individuals to instead hire a predictable style of engineer with as little investment as possible.