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by Bahamut 1597 days ago
I am currently at one of the FAANGs for almost 5 years, and even got promoted from mid level to senior in that time - I did not ever do any leetcode grinding, nor was it a major focus during my onsite with the team I joined. I also do not ask questions to candidates that require any leetcode grinding (or last minute interview preparation IMO), candidates who focus on being good at their job as a software engineer from a technical & non-technical standpoint have all told me our sessions feel very low stress. The engineering managers I work with also generally do not believe in leetcode style questions either, there is a pervasive belief in my org they are bad filters from what I can tell.

I do happen to be comfortable enough with leetcode style questions, but only because I have failed enough interviews in the past doing them (I seem to do well enough to do onsites at other FAANGs at least, even before joining my current one). I figure it's something I rather optimize for on failure than before the interview.

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Where do you work?