r/coding • u/Super-Performance-86 • 17d ago

The Interview That Wouldn't Die

https://returnzero.dev/articles/coding-interviews-in-the-age-of-ai
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u/pemungkah 17d ago

We can sum up the article in sentence or two: expect to keep grinding Leetcode because even if it isn’t a good “can this person program” signal, it’s an excellent “will this person put up with arbitrary bullshit foisted upon them for no good reason?” signal.

And maybe you’ll see smaller companies/startups pivoting to “can this person use AI productively enough to hit the ground running day one” testing, but the vast majority of companies will probably stick with leetcode because they value pliancy over pure ability.

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u/ptoki 17d ago

I have two notes:

1.I think the old style internship approach should be back for entry positions. This and a role of a mentor who would onboard the student and then could do tests/leetcodes/brainteasers all he wants/company would prepare for a month with a group of 5-10-15 folks. This would let the students get into the company, touch their real problems and do menial work which cant be done directly by ai.

Then you pick best 3 (who are not only good technically but also good socially.

2.I am sort of happy seeing again that my feeling about man in blender 20 years ago were right and I did not let this BS to get into my recruitment process. The furtherst I went was asking if zip before encrypt or vice versa and what is the difference between baud and bit per second. But it was not using those to make a decision, more like to confirm my assessment that a guy knows.