Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha...
by monksy on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:37PM
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> Leetcode was stupid before LLMs and now it’s even less useful as a signal.
You got my vote right there. I also find it funny that LLMs can easily do leetcode problems, because there were so many examples and easy test cases.
> You do not get a better signal about that from asking harder leetcode problems.
I think this is a thing that needs bigger formatting for this statement or a feature to vote twice.
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Only response I have to this:
There are many different schools of thought on how to architect systems. In many cases these different opinions don't have a lot of solid backing on why you'd do this. On top of that there is level restrictions that prevent talented individuals from being more influential. I.e. an Architect is less about technical experience and excellence and more about the abiltiy to communciate to high level stakeholds and having systems that can solve the problem [some what].
You got my vote right there. I also find it funny that LLMs can easily do leetcode problems, because there were so many examples and easy test cases.
> You do not get a better signal about that from asking harder leetcode problems.
I think this is a thing that needs bigger formatting for this statement or a feature to vote twice.
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Only response I have to this:
There are many different schools of thought on how to architect systems. In many cases these different opinions don't have a lot of solid backing on why you'd do this. On top of that there is level restrictions that prevent talented individuals from being more influential. I.e. an Architect is less about technical experience and excellence and more about the abiltiy to communciate to high level stakeholds and having systems that can solve the problem [some what].