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Please stop the coding challenges

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paxys ◴[] No.42148318[source]
The more people online complain about coding interviews, the more confident I am that they are the absolute best way to filter candidates for a software development job. Across the industry there are way too many talkers/pretenders/meeting schedulers and not enough people who can roll up their sleeves, jump into the code and actually get stuff done. And this problem becomes worse at higher levels. You can bitch about it all you want, but you aren't owed that cushy $500K/yr FAANG job. If you can't get yourself to brush up on basic programming and write some for loops then companies will simply move on to someone who will.
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0xmarcin ◴[] No.42148670[source]
Maybe there were in the past, currently there is entire industry there to help you game the system.

- Cracking the coding interview.

- Elements of programming interviews in Java|Python|whatever...

- leetcode & other sides with paid premium subscriptions...

- mock interview bootcamps...

It's no longer about skill, it's only about gaming the system.

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1. ddq ◴[] No.42149191[source]
The ease with which interviews allow the unscrupulous to inflate their abilities has been well-known for long enough for it to be metagamed and exploited for profit and now the effects have become abundantly apparent. Imposters institutionally infested in this manner across industries have reached a critical threshold where their fundamental lack of competency can no longer remain hidden.
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2. AnotherGoodName ◴[] No.42149233[source]
Have you got the high paying big tech job then?

If you do the above prep work and pass the multiple interview loops you’re pretty smart honestly. The vast majority couldn’t do it even with all the study possible and even the smartest couldn't do it without any study at all. The bar is pretty high.