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Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by hapless on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:30AM (#36907307)
Everyone uses the FAANG loop + system design + leetcode design now

I don't know when that change happened but it is practically universal

Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by jimmychoozyx on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:09AM (#36907925)
Everyone? Nah that's Hyperbole.

In my experience about 40% do.

I've never had an issue simply showing an open source past project I created, going through my portfolio of other project examples, and my resume.

Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by britzkopf on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:13PM (#36910039)
I stopped interviewing about 4 months ago because this, in my experience, is NOT hyperbole. Also, 80% of job descriptions, threw kubernetes into the requirements on top of 10 other competencies seemingly just because they can.
Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by jimmychoozyx on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:11AM (#36920504)
Good to know.

Ya know... I posted that without experience in the current market. It was more of a "this is what it was like a year ago" sentiment.

Thinking more about it... I can see how 40% is too low an esimtate.

Thanks, good to hear what it is currently like out there on the job hunt. I am about to begin one myself.

Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by webdood90 on Friday July 28, 2023 @02:48PM (#36911415)
40% of the general population? sure

for desirable employers with competitive pay, I'd guess closer to 80%.

Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by yogurthewise on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:42PM (#36910432)
I've had about 6 different interviews these last couple of months, and none of them gave me leetcode type questions. The closest I got was code snippets where I had to explain what was going on, or very easy fizzbuzz type coding questions.
Re:Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck ... by midwestcode on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:30PM (#36912051)
What companies? Every company I've interviewed with in my loops recently have me coding in the first technical screen. I've had five of these interviews so far, various sizes. On-site is multiple levels of tech screens. And this isn't even for FAANG-exclusive companies. FWIW, I'm interviewing in a HCOL area for companies that pay well, so it may be more competitive.

People often speak of the mystical company that doesn't make you code in the interview, but I haven't come across it once in the current market.

I also don't know how comfortable I'd be joining a team that doesn't make me write code in some capacity during the loop... but I also recognize the ridiculousness of expecting correctness, optimal solutions, or the types of questions being asked. Discussing those things, sure, but expecting regurgitation is nonsense.