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Google Researcher Rejects LeetCode in Senior Interviews
A Google researcher says LeetCode-style puzzles should not be used to assess senior engineering candidates, arguing that algorithm drills measure practice rather than real research or design ability. The claim has reignited the long-running debate over technical hiring, with many engineers agreeing that take-home projects and past work reveal more, while others defend standardized coding challenges as fair and scalable.
Why now: Technical interview practices at major tech companies are a perennially contentious topic, and criticism from someone inside Google lends it fresh weight.
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