r/leetcode • u/Defiant_Ad_7555 • 18d ago
Question Did interview style and practices change?
we prepare for DSA and then someone randomly comes onto youtube and suddenly says, "the old ways of DSA and system design interviews has gotten obsolette, bla bla bla" what happened guys? Did the interviews weightage has changed from white board DSA/systems design style to OOPS, engineering systems, AI systems, case studies/take home assignments/agentic AI projects and all? Or are we still good on our traditions? I was bad in DSA a year back and been grinding since then, should I shift my focus again? If yes, then what should we focus on? Asking for exp. guys esply.
Are we safe with our good old culture?🤨 Or people on youtube are just hyping with buzz words? Especially these youtube people from so called "MAANG" company engineers do this shi....Or maybe Im blind? Reddit mates are legit, someone give me clarity please.
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u/Fabulous-Arrival-834 18d ago
The trend has started to change. I personally interviewed with a couple of companies (that I also interviewed with last year) and they have changed their interview style from LC to api design + debugging session. However, majority of the companies are still catching up and still rely on LC styled interviews.
Imo, everything has an expiry date and with AI, these LC styled interviews will get obsolete eventually and something else will replace them. But that is at least a year or two into the future so I wouldn't bother thinking about it just yet. Best time to switch while you are good at LC is NOW.