> All things considered, spending 50-100 hours of your free time solving problems on a free website at your leisure is really a small price to pay.
The problem is - it's not 50-100 hours for most candidates to pass. I've done well past 400 hours of interview prep and never received an offer from Big N. I tried the consistent 1-hour or so a day for months thing - it isn't guaranteed either. Want to emphasize this point to - it isn't like I can't do the problems. I've solved most any problem I'm given - it's that it just doesn't fucking matter. Whatever bias the person has is what they will evaluate on - the problem solving is merely a formality.
The problem is - it's not 50-100 hours for most candidates to pass. I've done well past 400 hours of interview prep and never received an offer from Big N. I tried the consistent 1-hour or so a day for months thing - it isn't guaranteed either. Want to emphasize this point to - it isn't like I can't do the problems. I've solved most any problem I'm given - it's that it just doesn't fucking matter. Whatever bias the person has is what they will evaluate on - the problem solving is merely a formality.