alt Hacker NewsBut what is it differentiating? And is it really the best evidence of willingness to prepare? My MSc and BA on the topics, my open source contributions, two decades of industry experience... Those aren't evidence of not only willingness but execution of preparation?
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lubujackson • yesterday at 6:26 PM
It is a differentiator when you are hiring straight from college. The fact we use this beyond entry level roles is a sign the company has lost the thread and is cargo culting.
The papers and open source indicate that you can build stuff. That's not what it's testing for.
Will you put up with very long hours of insane grindy nonsense in the spirit of being a team player for a team that doesn't really remember what game they're playing?
Are you sufficiently in need of income to be fighting through this interview dance in preference to other things, such that once you join you'll be desperate to stay?
Those are extremely important questions, and a willingness to have spent a thousand hours memorising leetcode correlates strongly with the attributes sought.