Giving each applicant a tailored test also opens yourself to allegations of discrimination.
As for leet code vs an actually relevant test - I think this is probably laziness on the interviewer's part. Coming up with a good test (and keeping it up to date) is hard, and leet code questions are "good enough" to filter out the people who don't know what they are doing. Remember, most companies are fine with a high false negative rate if it keeps false positives low.
Is discrimination even illegal? I thought unless it was a protected class, discrimination is ok. Unless you're giving all black people a shittier test or something I feel like it's a long and expensive road ahead of someone pursuing legal action, with probably not much to gain and no attorney particularly interested unless it is some class action against a big company.
dahfizz|4 years ago
As for leet code vs an actually relevant test - I think this is probably laziness on the interviewer's part. Coming up with a good test (and keeping it up to date) is hard, and leet code questions are "good enough" to filter out the people who don't know what they are doing. Remember, most companies are fine with a high false negative rate if it keeps false positives low.
notch656a|4 years ago