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Even small startups started "copying" FANG interview style. For me, this was none-sense. We were discussing this point few days ago, some colleagues (who work in ML space) are going through interviews (for ML engineer, data scientists roles), most of them don't get questions about ML (which is the focus of the job) and they go through the typical LeetCode problems for AI/ML startups, which was discouraging for most ppl.

I understand when a big company uses LeetCode problems to scale out the process (e.g. new hires in Bangalore and new hire in SF go through the same process). In these companies, usually candidate don't interview for a specific team, they just get an interview to join FANG, then they get matched to a team at the end of the process. However, for startups, they should know what they need, and what kind of skills/person that they are looking for. I wish this trend change (hiring professional interviewees, instead of hiring professional developers).