Ask HN: Did preparing for LeetCode type of interviews improve your skills?

Re:Ask HN: Did preparing for LeetCode type of interviews imp... by zxcero on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:21PM (#27318106)

> "well you have an engineering degree, we will see about that".

Well this means you dodged a bullet early :) It's better they wasted your time for the interview (couple hours or days of preparing?) than months or years of your time working there.

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Re:Ask HN: Did preparing for LeetCode type of interviews imp... by tartoran on Friday May 28, 2021 @02:00PM (#27318545)

Yes, bullet possibly dodged but that still makes it frustrating and a time waster. And these types of interviews don’t expose or test on knowledge needed on the actual codebase. I see it as a cockyness contest which I don’t want to be part of.

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Re:Ask HN: Did preparing for LeetCode type of interviews imp... by ozim on Friday May 28, 2021 @03:23PM (#27319456)

I am quite happy with that dodged bullet, after that I found job I am working now couple years with satisfaction.

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