1. Recite this problem from the Leetcode corpus as performance art (which FAANGs tell undergrads at top schools to spend months practicing, on top of their coursework, instead of exploring what interests them).
2. Demonstrate this particular method (which happened to be taught at our rich-kids alma mater, but no one else had heard of).
3. Now answer this culture question in STAR format (which we told you to take time ahead of time to practice, and to prepare correct answers, so you could speak them faux off-the-cuff, as a shibboleth).
It's upper classes creating the questionable gatekeeping rituals, and children of those classes who tend to have the spare time and coaching to best pass the filter.
1. Recite this problem from the Leetcode corpus as performance art (which FAANGs tell undergrads at top schools to spend months practicing, on top of their coursework, instead of exploring what interests them).
2. Demonstrate this particular method (which happened to be taught at our rich-kids alma mater, but no one else had heard of).
3. Now answer this culture question in STAR format (which we told you to take time ahead of time to practice, and to prepare correct answers, so you could speak them faux off-the-cuff, as a shibboleth).
It's upper classes creating the questionable gatekeeping rituals, and children of those classes who tend to have the spare time and coaching to best pass the filter.