[_Understated_]

You mentioned "minority candidates" twice there. Both times it was in reference to them being at a disadvantage.

I read that to mean that the tests are geared towards white candidates! Is that really what you mean? Coz I can't wrap my head around that!

[bufferoverflow]

It's woke nonsense. These tests are obviously color blind.

And I bet Asians (a minority) , as usual, do better on them on average than the white candidates. Not because the tests are designed for Asians, but because of culture of studying hard.

[memonkey]

Uhh, this is a model minority myth.

https://thepractice.law.harvard.edu/article/the-model-minori...

[bufferoverflow]

So their argument is "Asians are diverse, with a wide range of earnings, therefore it's myth". Sorry, but it makes zero sense. You should stop reading obvious illogical propaganda from race activists.

Also Asians isn't the only minority group that outperforms whites.

[gregordv]

HN won't let me reply to the parent, but I thought your model minority myth was potentially interesting.

In this case, it just doesn't stand up to facts. Yes, Asians have greater income disparity, because the top 1% of Asians are way at the top 1%. According to the U.S. Census (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p...) in every single year, Asians have out-incomed White and all-race averages in the 20th, 40th, 60th, 80th, and 95th percentiles.

That's a pretty compelling picture of "Asians make more money than whites," full stop.

[jonnycoder]

I also noticed that. It's very racist the assume that all minority candidates are disadvantaged.

[multiplegeorges]

Familial wealth is correlated with race.

Familial wealth provides an individual with more free time, generally.

More free time before a big interview means more leetcode prep time and memorization of the answers.

More leetcode prep time leads to passing leetcode interviews more often.

This isn't that complex.

[infinitezest]

> This isn't that complex.

It really bums me out when people reach for this kind of "how are you not getting this" slight. You could have just explained the reasoning without implying that the asker is an idiot. You're just making yourself harder to hear.

[bobkazamakis]

It really bums me out when people don't understand basic microeconomics

[_Understated_]

Bullshit! Absolute utter woke bullshit!

I don't have familial wealth and I can study for stuff. I happen to spend around an hour a day (most days) studying programming-related topics.

I'm sick of this woke nonsense pervading society.

Studying for a Leetcode exam has sweet-fuck-all to do with race!

[imbnwa]

The keyword was ‘correlated’, thanks for the anecdote though