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Re:What's Wrong with Tech Hiring by thinkharderdev on Thursday September 16, 2021 @06:22AM (#28549933)
So I think it's actually evolved into a weird sort of test of conscientiousness. Originally the idea was probably that we will test people's abstract problem solving skills. Can they come up with a solution on the fly? Ok, now can they figure out any clever optimizations?

But at this point it is sort of expected that if you are interviewing with a FAANG you will be getting these sorts of questions (and they tell you that up front), so it becomes a sort of test of "is this person willing to spend 10 hours preparing for an interview"?

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Re:What's Wrong with Tech Hiring by monster_group on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:43AM (#28550460)
10 hours? Preparing for FAANG interviews requires months of preparation.
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Re:What's Wrong with Tech Hiring by michaelscott on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:16AM (#28550287)
Yeah I suspect this is the case, the original intention and structure was solid but it's been progressively shifted into that FAANG space. I think the only solution is probably a question tailor made to the company interviewing, that doesn't rely on leetcode-style approaches to solve.
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