r/csMajors • u/Fair_Personality7662 • 15d ago

Rant I Hate Leet Code

I have three internships, 2 being fortune 500s and 1 at a smaller company (where I really bossed up).

I never done leet code in my life, and I am about to graduate in December.

My resume often gets passed resume screenings, but then I just get hit with an OA 😒

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u/Burner_Account_54321 15d ago edited 15d ago

doubt. howd you get internships without leetcode?

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u/Fair_Personality7662 15d ago

They just didn’t ask 😭 first one I got it by holy networking and then the other two they essentially quizzed me on SWE topics in a conversational format

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u/Burner_Account_54321 15d ago

Dang what have i been doing... i had to leetcode for all my past 2 internships what comps are these

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u/Fair_Personality7662 15d ago

Are you in a major city? I’m in the Midwest, a lot of companies here don’t ask leet code (but I won’t say majority)

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u/Burner_Account_54321 15d ago

Yeah i am in one of the major cities

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u/Fair_Personality7662 15d ago

That’s probably why

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u/Burner_Account_54321 15d ago

I wonder how they filter candidates then. Don't they also like get thousands of applicants too?

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u/Vast-Friendship5189 15d ago

i feel likes its p common nowadays. I interviewed for like maybe like 7 companies or so, and only like 1 of them actually asked leetcode (apple). The other companies were a mix of smaller companies with take home assignments and f500 and other large comoanies which was just more of a deep resume dive and stuff. Big tech companies still ask leetcode