[thr0waway1239]

>> Or maybe you think people doing competitive programming are damaged. This is nuts.

I don't see how that is implied by GP's comment. It is one thing to read between the lines, but now you are reading between the characters.

[anon263626]

Yup. More mental "shortcuts" that seek magic "signals" to avoid both evidence and pragmatic interviewing effort testing both business problem-solving critical thinking and cultural fit. There are no shortcuts. Furthermore, "competitive" programming has little to do with the real world, and it's more about showing off and ego inflation.

[boltzmannbrain]

Reading between the lines: Problems that are typical of software engineering interviews and in competitive programming are poor evaluation of one's capabilities as a professional software engineer.