[Tainnor]

IME, this was true four years ago. Few rounds, assessments were mostly take homes or in-person "implement a feature" style, interview questions didn't seem to be built to trip you up.

Now, every job I apply for has 4-5 rounds, leetcode is more common, they do behavioural and system design rounds that you have to prepare for, etc. One job I applied to even asked me two behavioural questions via email before I even talked to someone. Something's truly off.

[Kaethar]

Wait till you get a self recorded behavioral interview. I truly wonder if there is that much value to be extracted out of 10 minutes of people awkwardly responding to questions while trying their best to fill in the silence.

[Tainnor]

I think I'm not yet desperate to the point that I would agree to that.

[selimthegrim]

I had to do one of those for some local government lobbyists association in DC. They ended up hiring some undergrad instead.

[selimthegrim]

And just got asked to do another one for an internship

[Tainnor]

Sorry to hear that. I feel that tech hiring has become full of weird gatekeepers that probably wouldn't even be able to pass their own weird challenges.