I'm about to start the leet code grind for interviews coming up and I'll give this a shot. I found your feedback form on your website but would be nice to post it in your post here as well. Cheers.
“Leetcode grind” means solving Leetcode problems. Interviewing for many software engineering positions in Silicon Valley these days require doing well on Leetcode-style coding exercises where one has a limited amount of time to solve a problem.
What makes software engineering interviews a grind these days is that many employers don’t care about your thinking process; they want an optimal solution to the problem within the time limit without errors, since chances are high that an applicant will come up with the optimal solution. In addition, the high compensation for many Silicon Valley employers has made these positions very desirable and thus ultra-competitive. The same type of applicants who grinded for high SAT and AP scores in high school and who grinded in college for 3.7+ GPAs don’t feel discouraged grinding some more for a six-figure job with life-changing amounts of RSUs once vested and other perks. You can grind hard, but chances are high that somebody else spent even more time studying than you. These types of interviews are similar in spirit to the employment exams that some companies have in Japan during job-hunting season for upper-level college students.
So, aiming for a FAANG position, as well as software engineering positions at many other companies in Silicon Valley, essentially require studying not unlike preparing for a GRE subject test for graduate school admissions.
reddit_clone|1 year ago
I take it you solve puzzles by writing code. How does it help with job interviews really?
linguae|1 year ago
What makes software engineering interviews a grind these days is that many employers don’t care about your thinking process; they want an optimal solution to the problem within the time limit without errors, since chances are high that an applicant will come up with the optimal solution. In addition, the high compensation for many Silicon Valley employers has made these positions very desirable and thus ultra-competitive. The same type of applicants who grinded for high SAT and AP scores in high school and who grinded in college for 3.7+ GPAs don’t feel discouraged grinding some more for a six-figure job with life-changing amounts of RSUs once vested and other perks. You can grind hard, but chances are high that somebody else spent even more time studying than you. These types of interviews are similar in spirit to the employment exams that some companies have in Japan during job-hunting season for upper-level college students.
So, aiming for a FAANG position, as well as software engineering positions at many other companies in Silicon Valley, essentially require studying not unlike preparing for a GRE subject test for graduate school admissions.
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