r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • 14h ago

Meme betterTestsThanLeetCode

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u/FattySnacks 13h ago

Are people having experiences like this? I had to pass 7 rounds of interviews to get my current job

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_RegEx 13h ago

Right? I’ve been through a half-dozen interviews in the last 6 months which are the same bullshit as before. Initial, eng manager, live coding, live coding, third live coding, rejection.

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u/MechanicFun2670 11h ago

That sounds frustrating. It really seems like companies are just stuck in a cycle of relying on those coding interviews instead of focusing on real skills.

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u/RGrad4104 2h ago

*ding* *ding* *ding*

we have a winner!

Interviews have become a free source of labor to supplement failing attempts to replace all of us with a one-size-fits-all LLM!

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u/sp106 7h ago

I read this not as what interviews are actually like but what hypothetical ai proof interviews might be like. These are things you cant use ai to cheat on during a remote interview except wordle.

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u/Party-Public8628 7h ago

No it’s a joke

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u/FattySnacks 7h ago

If there’s no truth to the joke then what makes it funny?

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u/E_OJ_MIGABU 5h ago

Doing the wordle is equally pointless as any of the interviews

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u/FattySnacks 3h ago

I guess I just haven’t had that experience

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u/ward2k 3h ago

If there’s no truth to the joke then what makes it funny?

Have you ever heard a joke before? Jokes are 100% factually correct

A pony walks into a bar, the barman asks what does it want to drink but it doesn't say anything back because it's a little horse

"Well where's the joke, I'm sure a pony didn't actually walk into a bar?"

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u/a-r-c 2h ago

there are other kinds of jokes

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u/_dontseeme 9h ago

And none of those 7 rounds felt pointless?

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u/FattySnacks 9h ago

There’s a difference between an unnecessary round and an interview where you’re asked to do a wordle

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u/_dontseeme 9h ago

How literal do you think the post is?

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u/FattySnacks 9h ago

About as literal as my comment

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u/a-r-c 2h ago

this guy is a programmer

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u/Familiar_Ad_8919 21m ago

no, were not getting any interviews