search
coding interviews
Trends
- 1Competitive Programmer's Handbook offered as free PDF●Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2018) [pdf]
Antti Laaksonen's Competitive Programmer's Handbook, a free guide to algorithms and techniques for programming contests, is circulating widely among developers. The roughly 300-page book, published via the CSES project in Finland, covers topics from data structures to dynamic programming and graph algorithms, and is commonly recommended preparation for contests like ICPC and Codeforces.
- 2Companies begin allowing AI agents in coding interviews●More companies now let candidates use an AI agent during coding interviews. That sounds like it makes... # ai # career #
A growing number of employers are permitting job candidates to use AI coding agents during technical interviews. The shift changes what is being assessed: rather than writing code unaided, applicants must show they can direct and work with AI tools effectively. Commenters note this mirrors real-world engineering work, where AI assistance is now standard, and raises questions about how to evaluate core programming ability.
Repos
- obra/superpowers An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.