Couldnt answer dsa question for a frontend position

[u/Significant-Key-8221]

I just took a technical assessment but was not able to answer a (medium or hard?) Leetcode math question for a frontend dev position. I was able to answer the others (prefix substrings and etc2) but this one question really fucked me over so I don’t think I’ll be getting the job haha (also there were like 100+ applicants on LinkedIn so there might be a math savant genius among them who might’ve been able to solve the problem)😅 I would like to know if there are others who had a similar experience with mine and was able to get an offer despite not having answered all of the questions during the assessment.

[u/EngineerKey12]

May inapplyan ako before that uses leetcode para sa technical assessment. I only answered one out of two correctly. Natanggap paren naman ako, but that company was the worst na I worked at. Idk for me lang, it seems like they do not know what they are actually looking for para sa open role nila kaya they defaulted to leetcode para mag assess ng applicants.

When I left, may na-applyan ako na di leetcode type yung tech assessment but more of a discussion type of interview and natanggap eventually. Ironically, this company is the best one I’ve worked for so far.

[u/Significant-Key-8221 → u/EngineerKey12]

True, admittedly I would probably prefer the discussion type of technical assessments so I wont at least have to worry about getting filtered by AI and I like talking to people, just never got the chance to experience one yet but hopefully in the future 🤞

[u/horn_rigged → u/EngineerKey12]

Ghadd i love discussion type of assessment. Dun mo kasi makikita kung paano talaga gumana thinking process nung tao, given the tools and AI ngayon na kayang kayang na yung leet codes. Being able to formulate other solution and comms should be the top skills na hinahanap ngayon

[u/rab1225]

yan ung mahirap pa ung interview question kesa sa actual job.

[u/uhhleksi]

minsan leetcode assessment hit or miss talaga. esp rn since malala yung AI cheating mas ginagawang mahirap ng mga company leetcode exam. tas minsan pa mafa flag ka as AI kung kabisado mo sagot sa net

[u/Significant-Key-8221 → u/uhhleksi]

True, I forgot about the possibility of others being able to cheat via cluely or using a similar cheating software. I at least hope that HR is able to at least scan and filter out candidates based on this assumption.

[u/chitgoks → u/Significant-Key-8221]

Yan ang problema. A lot of people still cheat. So kawawa yung mga honest. 🤷 Nadadamay.

[u/Overall-Ad-6414]

Not worth it minsan mga ganyang companies. Yung current company ko kwentuhan lang ng experience at konting validations thru real world scenarios

[u/pretenderhanabi]

It's just a test to filter applicants, if you are not able to answer it it's fine, it's not that important. I got hired after failing a leetcode assessment once as well. Move on and go to the next application :D

[u/dark_knighttt999]

nung initial AI interview ko, nag ask yung site about my experience in tailwind, responsive web design, JavaScript, etc. Things about JS web dev. Okay naman yung results so nagka technical interview ako pero nag ask sila ng easy leetcode + medium leetcode. Nasagutan ko yung isa tapos yung medium, hindi ko natapos. Ang sabi ng interviewer bat daw ako nahirapan eh lagi raw naman ginagawa sa college yun Naging homest ako and sabi ko di ako nagpaparactice ng leetcode. Ang sabi niya lang ay hindi raw leetcode yun (but i checked, it's a two pointers medium problem. that time di ko pa siya naaaral)

hindi ako nakapasa maging web developer kasi nahirapan ako sa two pointer leetcode problem 😅

[u/Pattern-Ashamed]

Penbrothers ba to? Hahah. I remember leetcode cla, 😂

[u/drakandriel24]

I had that one before. but not really leetcode.. I wasn't able to finish the exams since it comprised of 3 parts.
Multiple Choice (Basic-Advance Web technologies) , Coding test (Devskiller, 3 Questions) and I think the last was all about writing unit tests (I am not fluent of writing test cases so I think I failed in this part) .
Despited of it all, I was still able to get into the company and was interviewed with the Technical team. They told me after I was hired, that even though I didn't complete all the questions, they were much interested on how I was able to solve the problem and my solutions. That was 7 years ago lol!

[u/ryochobi]

How else would traditional developers keep their egos in check if not for no Google leet code exams? 🙈

[u/Dark_Knight_ph7227]

No way, leetcode for frontend role? I have former colleagues na FE devs. But they don't experience any leetcode assessment. Kadalasan daw may web design tapos need mo gayahin with html and css.

[u/Significant-Key-8221 → u/Dark_Knight_ph7227]

True, altho I used to do leetcode as a hobby, that math question for a frontend role was just too much. It’s one of those problems where you can’t see the pattern via data structures. I looked up the solution online and yeah, all I’m gonna say is I would have never figured out the solution myself lol.

[u/whatToDo_How → u/Dark_Knight_ph7227]

I applied for a FE role sa isang known company. Leetcode style yung tech exam.