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by go_go_ 3541 days ago
I think the skill set changes with experience but the problems given in interviews don't vary much. For example, a fresh grad is more likely to be able to correctly implement merge sort from memory than a sr. engineer because of how recently they were asked this problem before. Whereas a sr. engineer should be able to better think through "soft skill" problems like estimations, expectation alignment, and how to deploy complicated changes with little impact to the business.

I've come to learn coding is the easy part. Where it gets tricky is when you introduce other people.