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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by cma on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:39AM (#30101089)
Why don't they just use the computer science GRE?
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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by vsareto on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:54AM (#30101275)
I took a brief look at a CS GRE test prep book from a Google search, and it probably doesn't cover the same things leetcode does, nor does it really test code writing ability (because it's multiple choice):

https://people.engr.tamu.edu/d-walker/Quals/GRE_CompSci_1.pd...

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Re:Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high payi... by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:26PM (#30104159)
The CS GRE was discontinued nearly a decade ago, e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/176c13/d...
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