[learc83]

> leetCode, hackerRank

I think that broad knowledge of CS theory is useful, but I agree that being able to replicate specific algorithms from memory is not particularly helpful.

In fact I think that FAANG style whiteboard interviews are one of the worst interview systems ever devised.

>If the typical school is teaching software engineering and not just theory, I find it amazing that graduates have never heard of unit testing, automated deployments, or even how to use git for source control. I end up having to come in as adult supervision for both types of developers - boot camp or recent graduates.

Almost every class I had required us to submit projects using github (they wanted to teach source control, but they also wanted to see version history to discourage cheating). This was at both a middle tier state university for undergrad, and a top 5 university for grad school.

I've also hired plenty of people who were bad at unit testing, but I can't recall ever working with a junior who hadn't at least heard of the concept.