alt Hacker News> If someone solves a leetcode hard with a constraint solver and you don't hire them, you are an idiot.
I do hope you're exagerating here, but in case you aren't: this is an extremely simplistic view of what (software) engineers have to do, and thus what hiring managers should optimize for. I'd put "ability to work in a team" above "raw academic/reasoning ability" for the vast majority of engineering roles, any day.
Not that the latter doesn't matter, of course, but it's by no means the one and only measure.
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OK, but obviously this presupposes a job where the hiring process is focused on leetcode.
Hey I'm with you 100% about the idea of code-interviews/leetcode being a problem and the importance of culture-fit and ability to work on a team.
I should have said "if you deemed this a fail on the code interview, you are an idiot".
> I'd put "ability to work in a team" above "raw academic/reasoning ability" for the vast majority of engineering roles, any day.
In this hypothetical, why do you do leetcode hard interviews?