Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank tests

Re:Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank... by bra-ket on Friday January 01, 2021 @03:08PM (#25606427)

Anything leetcode related comes down to rote memorization. If LC is part of interviewing process you are hiring people who good at repeating things they’ve memorized, have a lot of stamina to spend hundreds of hours doing meaningless work and are very good at following orders. If that’s what you need than it’s a great filter.

You can save some effort though and just hire anyone who passed Chinese or Korean grueling school system with emphasis on standardized tests. LC-based interviews follow the same tradition.

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Re:Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank... by wulfmann on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:48PM (#25609050)

It’s very company-dependent, but most are not wanting a regurgitated answer. If you have a solid grasp on data structures and traversals, you can solve a lot of those puzzle problems. Sure some have tricks, but they’re not completely pointless and certainly don’t indicate anything about the person being willing to “spend hundreds of hours doing meaningless work” or are “good at following orders”.

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Re:Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank... by s17n on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:06PM (#25608730)

Lol, nobody I know took this approach and they are very good at these types of interviews.

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