The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee

Post by shuckles » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 4:19 AM UTC

bastardoperator wrote: post #16

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Some people need to realize we live in a society and society mostly functions by having people do the right thing when defecting is easier and more convenient. This person is one of them.

What makes these tactics the "right thing"? I as a prospective employee don't get to quiz the interviewer using the same tactics? I can ask questions, but how I do know they're knowledgeable and that I want to work for them? Or should I be thankful they're even talking to me? I think it's a terrible practice and that we can do better.

Post by SJC_Hacker » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 2:21 PM UTC

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The end result of all this, they go back to in person interviews, at least for a "final" round. Or some alternative, there is some trusted third party monitoring the candidate.

Or you just design an interview process that weeds out things that can be done with AI. We have had people use AI in our interviews and fail miserably. We have always allowed people to search and use other resources during our interviews, and made the decision that using chat was fine as long as we could see what you were doing.

Post by bastardoperator » Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 5:27 PM UTC

shuckles wrote: post #41

bastardoperator wrote: post #16

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What makes these tactics the "right thing"? I as a prospective employee don't get to quiz the interviewer using the same tactics? I can ask questions, but how I do know they're knowledgeable and that I want to work for them? Or should I be thankful they're even talking to me? I think it's a terrible practice and that we can do better.

The company is not forcing you to interview for them. You can interview for a job that does not require you to solve a programming question, if that’s what you’d prefer. People who try to moralize their way out of lying are frankly despicable. Just own up that you’re a cheater and don’t care about honesty. It’s not a crusade; it’s self interest.

Post by bredren » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 2:15 AM UTC

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We're going to disagree on this, but I have had situations arise at least once every 6 months where someone at work, or I, had to decompose a problem or come up with some critical code in exactly the same way as a LC interview. There is something very frustrating about living this experience and being surrounded by folks who refuse to admit it is real. Those same folks who couldn't help in those times. It's fine, it'…

In what situation would you be decomposing a problem or coming up with critical code in the same way as a leetcode interview? Are you saying you have had to come up with solutions without access to additional resources like the internet?