You're right to point that out, thanks for keeping things honest. My intention was simply to offer a helpful TL;DR for a very long thread, as it's a feature of a project I'm working on (mentioned in my profile).
I'm trying to contribute value without being spammy. If this crosses a line for the community, I'm happy to listen and adjust.
It seems like a moot point since there are already too many people who can clear leetcode hard than there are available positions that require it.
It’s like scoring over 2 standard deviations on an IQ test, great, but by definition millions of people can do that.
Edit: I’ve heard HFT firms are now moving to doing it on paper in person to prevent any kind of cheating for their interviews, which would make it a better signal.
Yes,that is better.
From my own experience, LeetCode does indeed enhance one's logical thinking and coding skills. I believe this is the reason why FAG has always tested algorithm and data structure skills in interviews over the years.
I understand that this is an advertisement for your product, but please do not do this here. Thank you.
You're right to point that out, thanks for keeping things honest. My intention was simply to offer a helpful TL;DR for a very long thread, as it's a feature of a project I'm working on (mentioned in my profile).
I'm trying to contribute value without being spammy. If this crosses a line for the community, I'm happy to listen and adjust.
It's a long-established norm on HN that we don't want summaries and TL;DRs. I explained the reasoning recently here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44946681
Honestly, I didn’t realise it was an advert until you told me it was.
It seems like a moot point since there are already too many people who can clear leetcode hard than there are available positions that require it.
It’s like scoring over 2 standard deviations on an IQ test, great, but by definition millions of people can do that.
Edit: I’ve heard HFT firms are now moving to doing it on paper in person to prevent any kind of cheating for their interviews, which would make it a better signal.
Yes,that is better. From my own experience, LeetCode does indeed enhance one's logical thinking and coding skills. I believe this is the reason why FAG has always tested algorithm and data structure skills in interviews over the years.