Comment by b20000
3 years ago
a major class action lawsuit about the use of leetcode style interviews as a closet tool for age, gender and race discrimination will be won against a big tech co
3 years ago
a major class action lawsuit about the use of leetcode style interviews as a closet tool for age, gender and race discrimination will be won against a big tech co
i guess you can argue for age discrimination but come on, what does leetcode style interviews have to do with race and gender discrimination? In some sense, these interviews are exactly the type of interviews you want to not have race / gender bias since they are objective (either you solved it or you didn't).
Why you think it is?
That'd be really dystopic.
why?
Because leetcode-style interviews don't measure if you're good at your job; they measure the absolute entry bar for developers: the fact that they're comfortable enough to solve simple, abstract problems using a programming language of their choice. I'm not sure why would you want to remove that entry bar legally, but working in a team of developers that are not proficient with code sounds like a bad idea. Unless you envision a team in which a couple of people do all the coding and the others just have "good ideas", which is an absolute, utter nightmare. I'm curious why leetcode-style interviews should be a proxy of gender / age / race though. Only old white guys are allowed to leetcode?
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