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by rvz 435 days ago
Good. This destroys a system that is already broken and renders Leetcode and others useless for evaluating candidates in the AI era.

The most ironic thing is that this qualifies for "hacking a system to your advantage" for Y Combinator.

Those that are upset by Interview Coder as 'cheating' are themselves bounded by an outdated system waiting to be disrupted and Interview Coder is the result of that.

The only way to stop this and is to return to onsite interviews. Which reduces cheaters to >98%.

This spells the definitive end of Leetcode and the rest of the online assessment tools.
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poincaredisk 435 days ago
Some people here seem to believe this will make leetcode obsolete. I'm afraid it will just make cheatting a status quo - if everyone else aces the coding part of the interview because of some AI tool, then you are at a severe disadvantage if you try to play by the rules. From the perspective of the hiring manager it'll look like the coding questions are too easy, since everyone gets them right, except that one experienced person for some reason.
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esafak 435 days ago
Hiring managers quickly realize that the cheaters don't actually know anything themselves, so the question is how they can combat cheating.

What will happen is that they will look for cheatproof solutions, such as testing on site, and filtering by credentials. Is that really what candidates want?

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agubelu 435 days ago
On-site and leetcode aren't mutually exclusive. We'll simply go back to in-person leetcode questions which will be equally shit.
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sodokuwizard 435 days ago
Why would it equally be shit? It's like doing a final exam , you know what you know and and you don't know what you don't know , no hacks or gimmicks can save you.

And while yes they should also test for stack related and other technical aspects and not just Algorithmic leetcode esque knowledge , thats more of a reflection on the test.

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rvz 435 days ago
> We'll simply go back to in-person leetcode questions which will be equally shit.

Great idea! That is even better.

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otabdeveloper4 435 days ago
It's not for leetcode. It's for people who need AI to help them solve FizzBuzz, because they are struggling. (Also, pro tip: AI won't help you here anyways.)
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