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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by galaxyLogic on Saturday September 13, 2025 @02:09AM (#45229725)
Then what if the test was how well you play chess? That takes time to study to become good. But would it be a good metric for hiring programmers?
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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by Jensson on Saturday September 13, 2025 @03:49AM (#45230158)
Because chess is more unrelated to the job? It is easy to see that LeetCode problems are closer to a programmers job than what chess is.

But yeah, people used to ask that level of unrelated questions to programmers, and they were happy with the results. "Why is a manhole cover round" etc. LeetCode style questions do produce better results than those, so that is why they use them.

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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by citizen-stig on Saturday September 13, 2025 @06:44AM (#45231003)
Then testing how they play Factorio will work better
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