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I honestly don’t understand the backlash for the Software Engineering interview process. I hardly program in my current role but I still make an effort to stay fresh. Spend some time on Leetcode weekly doing practice problems and you’ll be fine, it’s not hard.

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Really? So monkey see monkey do? Leetcode doesn't represent much of anything to do with 99.9% of software development jobs. Mostly we're not solving puzzles, we're talking with stakeholders, designing systems, working with co-workers, architecting solution and building systems with code. Leetcode is an absolutely terrible way to evaluate any of that.

Leetcode covers data structures and patterns for efficiently using data structures. Most of the ‘puzzles’ could easily be isomorphisms for real life problems programmers encounter. I don’t think it’s a waste of time and it will make you a better programmer.

The responsibilities you bring up are valid but meaningless if core concepts are neglected or misunderstood.

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