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261 points CrazyEmi | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 15:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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frithsun ◴[15 Nov 24 18:15 UTC] No.42149429[source]▶

They're just encrypted IQ tests, working around the Duke Power supreme court ban on IQ testing employees.

You're being tested on your general intelligence, not because anybody cares about binary trees or reversing linked lists or whatever.

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1. hodgesrm ◴[15 Nov 24 18:20 UTC] No.42149461[source]▶

> You're being tested on your general intelligence, not because anybody cares about binary trees or reversing linked lists or whatever.

A lot of interviewers missed that memo. They are in fact very focused on a specific algorithm or design approach. It's quite tiresome.

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2. John_Cena ◴[15 Nov 24 19:06 UTC] No.42149845[source]▶

I've never been so deflated than after leaving a interview after bombing it and seeing the question they asked me on the front page of leetcode.

Please stop the coding challenges