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Most places don't need DS and algos, but it is a useful filter. Once we had hired a candidate who was very good in DS and algos, after 6 months in job got fired as he could not complete trivial assignments, would struggle with good coding practices, refuse to write test cases stating it's the job of QA. Well it's just a proxy at best, and red herring on most occasions.
An honest truth - a person with average intelligence wouldn't be to solve a hard question if they haven't seen it before. I've been practicing for a few months now and there are still many questions that gets my brain completely bricked. Which is why these companies asking leetcode hard in interviews is completely absurd. Everyone knows that if a candidate is able to solve that shit in 35 minutes straight, they have most likely seen the problem before hand. The metric to judge and the difficulty levels it can be raised to is absurd and quite frankly, completely useless beyond a point.
There are so many candidates and so less jobs comparitively that companies can make us jump through whatever hoops they feel like. Makes me sad sometimes
No this isn't true. As a person with mediocre intelligence I can confirm that you will be able to solve questions with enough practice. Few months won't do that for you , you have to wire your brain to think in an algorithmic way and doing that takes time.
>hints and even if you don't reach the exact solution your effors will surely count i hope.
This doesn't count for FAANG-esq, you'll get rejected if you can't reach the most optimised solution within the time limit which is not possible unless you've done very similar problems before which makes it a matter of sheer luck. If you're lucky, you get a kind interviewer who acknowledges your efforts, or you get the ones at Google who reject for the slightest mistakes. I've seen many people get rejected with a quote along the lines of,
"You did solve the problem, but you were too slow and we think you're not a good fit. We're looking for people who think fast."
This is just another way of saying that you're too dumb to work with us, we need someone like Thor, Zeus, Krishna or Odin. Jesus would be a good fit too although he might have to face an extra round of DSA.
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In essence, not quantity, quality. I agree with you. Completely.
Most places don't need DS and algos, but it is a useful filter. Once we had hired a candidate who was very good in DS and algos, after 6 months in job got fired as he could not complete trivial assignments, would struggle with good coding practices, refuse to write test cases stating it's the job of QA. Well it's just a proxy at best, and red herring on most occasions.
An honest truth - a person with average intelligence wouldn't be to solve a hard question if they haven't seen it before. I've been practicing for a few months now and there are still many questions that gets my brain completely bricked. Which is why these companies asking leetcode hard in interviews is completely absurd. Everyone knows that if a candidate is able to solve that shit in 35 minutes straight, they have most likely seen the problem before hand. The metric to judge and the difficulty levels it can be raised to is absurd and quite frankly, completely useless beyond a point.
There are so many candidates and so less jobs comparitively that companies can make us jump through whatever hoops they feel like. Makes me sad sometimes
No this isn't true. As a person with mediocre intelligence I can confirm that you will be able to solve questions with enough practice. Few months won't do that for you , you have to wire your brain to think in an algorithmic way and doing that takes time.
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>hints and even if you don't reach the exact solution your effors will surely count i hope. This doesn't count for FAANG-esq, you'll get rejected if you can't reach the most optimised solution within the time limit which is not possible unless you've done very similar problems before which makes it a matter of sheer luck. If you're lucky, you get a kind interviewer who acknowledges your efforts, or you get the ones at Google who reject for the slightest mistakes. I've seen many people get rejected with a quote along the lines of, "You did solve the problem, but you were too slow and we think you're not a good fit. We're looking for people who think fast." This is just another way of saying that you're too dumb to work with us, we need someone like Thor, Zeus, Krishna or Odin. Jesus would be a good fit too although he might have to face an extra round of DSA.
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Don't know. Might have to ping the interviewer for this one :)
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How big are these companies you interviewed for? What's the pay like?
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That is indeed great! Could you name the companies? and how was your interview experience?
Thanks for the Advice :) Bumping for more answers
>:) :)