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Leetcode seems so pointless in the AI era. It was already pretty pointless but there’s nothing to it now.
by 1270018080 6d ago
Leetcode seems so pointless in the AI era. It was already pretty pointless but there’s nothing to it now.
- cdnsteve 6d agoMost companies still run these rounds. AI is generally banned during them, though some places are experimenting with allowing it. They want to see your foundational knowledge, not what a copilot can write.
- nsxwolf 6d agoI’ve never seen Leetcode test foundational knowledge. There are far better ways to do that than timed puzzles.
- karmakurtisaani 6d agoThis used to be a pretty standard discussion a few years back when people still were being hired. I never saw any better way to systematically and somewhat fairly test a large number of candidates, so would you kindly elaborate on that statement?
- nsxwolf 6d agoThis always reads like an admission - “Well of course it’s bad, but how else am I supposed to interview at mass scale?” Why would you test a large number of candidates in the first place?
- karmakurtisaani 6d agoIn a way it is this admission. Interviewing is a very difficult process to get right. > Why would you test a large number of candidates in the first place? How else do you do it for a company of the size of Google or Amazon?
- eru 6d agoSee https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/ https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/03/06/the-hiring-post/ for some ideas.
- jst1fthsdys 6d agoThe timed aspect is pretty discriminatory too. God forbid you have ADHD or anxiety.