We have FAANG to thank for this. They pioneer counterproductive interview questions (remember puzzles?), and the industry just copies these trends, like zombies.
Then what happens is these Leetcode heroes, never having built anything from scratch in their lives, create a hazing ritual for new candidates.
What is the point of, say, a system design interview asking to design a planet-scale system when most people never came close to one or, again, never built one because they are just out of school?
And, yes, I know - "how would you interview a recent student?".
Fine, I was a student in 2004, so why are we having the same goddamned test?
Then what happens is these Leetcode heroes, never having built anything from scratch in their lives, create a hazing ritual for new candidates.
What is the point of, say, a system design interview asking to design a planet-scale system when most people never came close to one or, again, never built one because they are just out of school?
And, yes, I know - "how would you interview a recent student?".
Fine, I was a student in 2004, so why are we having the same goddamned test?