[ethbr0]

Leetcode and equivalent seems to come out of an intersection of a technical interviewer's "I don't want to take the time to interview you" and HR's "I don't know how to interview you."

Everyone knows that something very serious must be done at an interview. Nobody cares about it enough to actually put in the time or trust for a bespoke solution.

Consequently, you end up with everyone sub'ing algorithms in for due diligence, then because they made that choice, defending the choice and pretending like it's meaningful.

Hiring is hard. Hiring technical, non-standardized talent is even harder.