Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy

Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by WalterBright on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:11PM (#32256188)

I've had a couple young people complain to me about leetcode interviews at Google. I replied that they could spend a couple weeks going over the leetcode books, and if that was what it took to get a $250,000 job, then that will be the best investment of time they'd ever make.

Besides, one cannot help but learn programming things from examining leetcode solutions.

Google probably also wants to hire motivated people, and people who will study up on leetcode will be a better hire than a lazy one who doesn't want to put in the work.

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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by 1980phipsi on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:25PM (#32256403)

Nevertheless, it's an empirical question as to whether this method of recruiting produces the employees that maximize long-term profits for the company.

I don't doubt that a major reason for asking these types of questions, as opposed to an IQ test or something, is that it is basically illegal in the US to do so.

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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by WalterBright on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:07PM (#32256987)

It's an empirical question about every method of recruiting. Making a bad hire can cost a company dearly. If there was some obviously better way of doing it, wouldn't companies do that?

Avoiding expensive lawsuits is likely another reason for leetcode gates.

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