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They don't, at least in the SRE space. I have been interviewing for 6 months without a single coding challenge or LeetCode-type challenge. Though I would passively avoid companies that offer them, as in I would avoid them if offered, I have yet to be offered the chance to avoid it in an interview.

[jevndev]

Unfortunately this practice is prevalent still. Recently I’ve been applying to jobs in the two industries I have experience in (algorithmic robotics and fintech) and nearly half of the companies that I’ve heard back from start with either a timed leetcode problem or an HR interview which is immediately followed by a timed leetcode problem. It’s exhausting.

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Interesting. I am going for a broad search rather than being targeted. Maybe it's as you say, an industry specific problem. At my last fintech job they just quizzed me a bit on Terraform and asked me about experience, though that role ended up being a disaster later on.

[culopatin]

What have you encountered instead?

[autotune]

Q+a interview talking about past experience on the resume and quiz format of various technologies. The quiz format gets on my nerves, but not as much as leetcode and live coding rounds.