Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview
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Useful free resource with non-LeetCode content on resumes and outreach
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This is awesome. Just for awareness - I started going through the book a few days ago and there's a lot of other useful information outside of the LC style questions (e.g. what's…
quelup on HNIncredible value here, thanks for sharing Aline. The book itself is a wonderful resource, not just for the technical chapters but the rest on resumes and reaching out etc. Even…
slackware_linux on HN
AI Interviewer is useful for interview prep
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To be honest, I’ve done quite a bit of LeetCode, and while it’s great for practicing algorithms and problem-solving, I’ve found that I rarely use these “fancy” algorithms in my…
tanchaowen84 on HNIncredible value here, thanks for sharing Aline. The book itself is a wonderful resource, not just for the technical chapters but the rest on resumes and reaching out etc. Even…
slackware_linux on HN
Objections
LeetCode-style interviews test memorization and poorly predict job performance
From 3 comments
To be honest, I’ve done quite a bit of LeetCode, and while it’s great for practicing algorithms and problem-solving, I’ve found that I rarely use these “fancy” algorithms in my…
tanchaowen84 on HNCracking the Code Interview is a great book and excellent for practice and brushing up. But I have found leet-code questions terrible for actually interviewing candidates. A lot…
AndrewStephens on HN'Principal' developer at my last place spent 100 consecutive days grinding leetcode. Shortly after had an interview where they made him do a leetcode test live and he failed it.…
jwmoz on HN
Interview process causes performance anxiety and is a poor filter
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It's a whole separate skill to be able to code with an audience, let alone an audience who is judging you. I could forgive a non-technical interviewer not knowing this but surely…
Spivak on HNI can't code with somebody looking over my shoulder. I need to relax and think about the task. They expect me to code while being judged by one or more strangers, against the…
w0mbat on HNIt's almost impossible for me to do any serious work or problem solving in an interview situation due to anxiety and stress-my mind simple does not work the same way as it does…
jwmoz on HN
AI Interviewer is unwanted; users want to submit solutions directly
From 1 comment
I wish I could just submit my solution and be told if it passes instead of dealing with the AI Interviewer. A lot of problems don't have a leetcode equivalent.
OnionBlender on HN
Not available in some countries such as India
From 1 comment
I would like to give a try, but I am getting this for India: My name is Aline, and I'm the founder of interviewing.io. Thanks so much for your interest. It looks like you’re not…
avinassh on HN
Requests
Allow submitting solutions directly instead of AI Interviewer
From 1 comment
I wish I could just submit my solution and be told if it passes instead of dealing with the AI Interviewer. A lot of problems don't have a leetcode equivalent.
OnionBlender on HN
Fix country access restrictions
From 1 comment
I would like to give a try, but I am getting this for India: My name is Aline, and I'm the founder of interviewing.io. Thanks so much for your interest. It looks like you’re not…
avinassh on HN
Questions
Why are the problems free?
From 1 comment
This sounds like an amazing resource. What’s the rationale for making it all free?
dcsan on HN
How was name known from email signup?
From 1 comment
How did your site know my first/last name when I gave my email address to create an account and clicked the confirmation link you sent?
davidpfarrell on HN
Alternatives named
LeetCode
From 2 comments
To be honest, I’ve done quite a bit of LeetCode, and while it’s great for practicing algorithms and problem-solving, I’ve found that I rarely use these “fancy” algorithms in my…
tanchaowen84 on HN'Principal' developer at my last place spent 100 consecutive days grinding leetcode. Shortly after had an interview where they made him do a leetcode test live and he failed it.…
jwmoz on HN
Cracking the Coding Interview
From 1 comment
Cracking the Code Interview is a great book and excellent for practice and brushing up. But I have found leet-code questions terrible for actually interviewing candidates. A lot…
AndrewStephens on HN