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I gotta agree here. I don't do leetcode challenges. There was one point in my life where I began studying them to pass these filters, but I rather be doing anything else than leetcode...so I stopped. I've never been unemployed so its easy for me to decline jobs when they present me with these challenges. If I were ever out of a job and struggling to get a job I am pretty sure that would change my tune. Until then I reject those companies.

Now thats not to say I won't do coding assignments, but I weigh those pretty heavily. If the employer seems pretty amazing I'll do them, if they seem meh then I decline.

On the flip side, I've had interviews where they asked me no technical questions and no coding challenges. That is an enormous red flag to me.