[PragmaticPulp]

> The interviews were just leetcode hards,

I doubt the interview was literally just Leetcode. They're screening resumes and making judgment calls about who even gets to interview. They also evaluate the candidate's experience and so on.

Leetcode is a gate, but it's not the only gate.

[qbasic_forever]

It's the big gate though. No amount of experience, resume high points, etc. will overcome a failed tech screen or interview. It has stopped every single interview loop immediately that I've seen and been a part of the process. As soon as there's a "no hire" voice in the loop it's over, and the fastest way to get there is not figuring out an interviewer's tech screen question to their satisfaction.