[totorovirus]

I keep seeing this kind of article that leetcode is not the answer. Yes it is not the answer but the best strategy to filter out not dumb, low IQ people who are going to panic when you give a vague, open ended problem. There are many people who call themselves engineers while trying to talk everything out instead of diving deep into problem.

[franga2000]

You know what else will filter out dumb people? A vague open ended problem that is relevant to the position you're hiring for. Have them write an abstraction layer for two different implementations of [insert relevant problem here] or refactor messy duplicated code into reusable [methods/components/modules]... Better yet, find an actual problem that your engineers actually had to solve in the past and see how they do it.

[manuelabeledo]

> filter out not dumb, low IQ people who are going to panic when you give a vague, open ended problem

The article addresses this as well. Stage fright does not make someone “dumb”. Slow thinkers aren’t “low IQ”. And reversing a tree likely doesn’t make someone apt for a job.

[lentil_soup]

what part of leetcode gives you "vague, open ended problems"? It's a database of cookie cutter problems that have a one and only solution