Are there tech companies that don't ask those kind of algorithmic interview questions or have these become standard like SAT for college admissions?
Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
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Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#2Most don't.
leet is fine for junior, but algo's don't come up in real life all that often.
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#3If you want to make a lot of money as a SWE, either be so senior that leetcode isnt the focus, or learn it. Theres almost a direct correlation between leetcode difficulty and pay
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#4If you want to make a lot of money as a SWE, either be so senior that leetcode isnt the focus, or learn it. Theres almost a direct correlation between leetcode difficulty and pay
define a lot of money
in my experience even for staff engineer or principal they want leetcode BS interviews
regardless of what you think, for every engineer you can find an executive or marketing person better compensated.
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#5If you want to make a lot of money as a SWE, either be so senior that leetcode isnt the focus, or learn it. Theres almost a direct correlation between leetcode difficulty and pay
define a lot of money in my experience even for staff engineer or principal they want leetcode BS interviews regardless of what you think, for every engineer you can find an executive or marketing person better compensated.
300k-600k is basically all leetcode
on the marketing topic yeah, but for SWE you dont need a good school/social skills/a ton of experience. you just need raw algorithmic skills
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
define a lot of money in my experience even for staff engineer or principal they want leetcode BS interviews regardless of what you think, for every engineer you can find an executive or marketing person better compensated.
300k-600k is basically all leetcode on the marketing topic yeah, but for SWE you dont need a good school/social skills/a ton of experience. you just need raw algorithmic skills
that is not a lot of money in california but rather what you need to have a normal lifestyle, be able to buy a house and put kids in school.
to be a good SWE you do need experience, a CS degree, coding skills, social skills, creativity, and more. lots of things leetcode doesn’t measure.
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#7I've found this channel, which seems to have a mix of companies asking leetcode questions and those asking more real-world questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMFCHOxK6A
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
300k-600k is basically all leetcode on the marketing topic yeah, but for SWE you dont need a good school/social skills/a ton of experience. you just need raw algorithmic skills
that is not a lot of money in california but rather what you need to have a normal lifestyle, be able to buy a house and put kids in school. to be a good SWE you do need experience, a CS degree, coding skills, social skills, creativity, and more. lots of things leetcode doesn’t measure.
You are correct, life is expensive. Making 400k is still better than most though.
But I still hold, you just need leetcode. They dont measure anything else, aside from system design, which is similar in its need to be memorized.
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
that is not a lot of money in california but rather what you need to have a normal lifestyle, be able to buy a house and put kids in school. to be a good SWE you do need experience, a CS degree, coding skills, social skills, creativity, and more. lots of things leetcode doesn’t measure.
You are correct, life is expensive. Making 400k is still better than most though. But I still hold, you just need leetcode. They dont measure anything else, aside from system design, which is similar in its need to be memorized.
yeah, that explains why a lot of software made in FAANG is shit and why google scraps products constantly.
Re: Ask HN: What tech companies don't use Leetcode-style interview questions?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are correct, life is expensive. Making 400k is still better than most though. But I still hold, you just need leetcode. They dont measure anything else, aside from system design, which is similar in its need to be memorized.
yeah, that explains why a lot of software made in FAANG is shit and why google scraps products constantly.
okay now it sounds like you just have a bone to pick haha. all software is bad, FAANG is much better than most