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Re:I am sick and tired of hearing tech companies complain ab... by chirau on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:15AM (#27204503)
I hear it gets a lot of flak. What's wrong with Leetcode or how does it distort the job market?
Re:I am sick and tired of hearing tech companies complain ab... by julienb_sea on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:31AM (#27204602)
Leetcode implies complex, contrived algorithm scenarios presented to be taken apart in a brief interview (usually at most 40 minutes for the coding question). Real world scenarios do not resemble leetcode questions, and hard real world problems are solved with more time and careful thought.

This creates serious inertia. Once you are 3-4+ years into a job, you probably haven't done much leetcode studying in a while outside of you doing interviews yourself. Interviewing at other companies is actually a pain in the ass, so it's often not worth the bother.

Re:I am sick and tired of hearing tech companies complain ab... by JAlexoid on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:48AM (#27204687)
It's automated and mostly mindless. They are looking for "smart" solutions, that fail to account for testability and code maintanance.

I fail a lot of leetcode challenges, yet I've built a critical data platform for Grubhub, IBM, Expedia, etc... some are still in operation to this day.