Yep, leetcode inflation. I've noticed it especially over the past year as the covid tech boom dies down and companies have started downsizing in mass. I have observed the questions becoming harder because so many people are grinding them and so many people compared to a decade ago can "pass them". They need a way to filter candidates. If say you get ~200 applications and of those about 80 seem very qualified, you hit them with a leetcode hard as a first round and filter that 80 down to like 2-3 over the course of a week. Then only those 2-3 go through the rest of the interview process. It's just good business anyway you slice it.
How would you reverse a linked list: I am imagining creating a second list and inserting at the 0th index iteratively. Surely that's all there is to it?
@@hakkbak nah just loop through the linked list and keep track of the previous and next node, set the current pointer to the previous node then move to the next, stop when the current node is null, then set the head of the ll to the last node
Nice dude! Thanks for sharing your journey. Also; share your neetcode progress! I’ve been really curious how good it is. I’m curious what your favorite categories or the hardest algos
Thanks for this. I took notes, created my own spread sheet for spaced repitition, will convert this channel to documenting this journey and will give you credit on these ideas. I might look into Interview Camp, Pramp, and I'm currently in Brilliant Black Minds. Happy grinding!
I honestly wish this stupid practice would go away. Code puzzles don't evaluate for any relevent skill and all of it is going to be nuked by language models that instantly solve them anyway, so I think interviewers should just learn how to do their jobs again and even respect the education many of us come with.
Thank you for sharing your process and your progress! I'm curious - how does interview prep and the interview experience differ for an experienced dev vs a junior? Thanks!
Luckily I left coding way before 2015 when Leetcode arrived. It seems to a backwards step : it is a tool or technique to encourage CODING rather than Software Engineering. Prior to the web explosion in the mid-2000s, coding was being gradually being replaced by 4GLs and other no code/lo code tools. I suspect that relatively soon the need for coders will again drop away as advanced software tools (predominantly AI) will do most of the heavy lifting.
@@Moch117 You sound very young - you still believe in the yarn that a degree plus Leetcode will make you RICH, RICH, RICH. And your belief that' reversing a string' is important in any way whatsoever is pathetic. Just take a look at the very senior staff in a tech firm - no Leetcode for them .. just money, power and status.
@@coldlyanalytical1351 no leetcode cus they already done that to get in, unless they stated before leetcode was available. Reverse string is a basic example that anyone should be able to do. It’s not indicating if you CAN do it then you’re making $. It’s like asking anyone what 2+2 is Guys who join senior level all have leetcode PLUS system design (which is rated higher)
As a wanna be junior swe I cant help but wonder: if you forgot a lot of stuff from leetcode, even though you've been a developer for the past 5? years, isn't that an indicator of an absolute uselesness of such questions in an interview (since you're supposed to be tested on things you would actually do at a role)? Not a dig, I love your vids, just frustrated with the state of tech right now
remember when reverse a linked list was medium? yeah it's easy now
Yep, leetcode inflation. I've noticed it especially over the past year as the covid tech boom dies down and companies have started downsizing in mass.
I have observed the questions becoming harder because so many people are grinding them and so many people compared to a decade ago can "pass them".
They need a way to filter candidates. If say you get ~200 applications and of those about 80 seem very qualified, you hit them with a leetcode hard as a first round and filter that 80 down to like 2-3 over the course of a week. Then only those 2-3 go through the rest of the interview process. It's just good business anyway you slice it.
How would you reverse a linked list: I am imagining creating a second list and inserting at the 0th index iteratively. Surely that's all there is to it?
@@hakkbak nah just loop through the linked list and keep track of the previous and next node, set the current pointer to the previous node then move to the next, stop when the current node is null, then set the head of the ll to the last node
I had an interviewer asked me to do iteratively and recursively, not too bad. They ghosted me and never gave me a date for the 2nd interview.
prolly cuz the meat of it is like ~5 lines that ppl can easily memorize
Yep! I have seen a lot of reviews saying that DSA & Leetcode are the hardest things on this Earth. You are wonderful like always.
Your videos keep me hopeful, you are appreciated!
All the best, never give up!
Nice dude! Thanks for sharing your journey. Also; share your neetcode progress! I’ve been really curious how good it is. I’m curious what your favorite categories or the hardest algos
Thanks for this. I took notes, created my own spread sheet for spaced repitition, will convert this channel to documenting this journey and will give you credit on these ideas. I might look into Interview Camp, Pramp, and I'm currently in Brilliant Black Minds. Happy grinding!
I honestly wish this stupid practice would go away. Code puzzles don't evaluate for any relevent skill and all of it is going to be nuked by language models that instantly solve them anyway, so I think interviewers should just learn how to do their jobs again and even respect the education many of us come with.
Go to my job. Hate it. Apply to other jobs. Hate them more. Believe my job isn’t to bad. Repeat cycle. Just going to go dig ditches soon.
Subscribed 👍🏽keep making these videos
Thank you for sharing your process and your progress! I'm curious - how does interview prep and the interview experience differ for an experienced dev vs a junior? Thanks!
thank you for being honest
Good content!👍🏽
Which courses would you recommend to buy?
you are a hardcore experienced web engineer when you know that you really don't know a lot, especially with the fast-paced web environment
I am not sure but I feel like people start to cheat more often in Weekly Contest.
Luckily I left coding way before 2015 when Leetcode arrived.
It seems to a backwards step : it is a tool or technique to encourage CODING rather than Software Engineering.
Prior to the web explosion in the mid-2000s, coding was being gradually being replaced by 4GLs and other no code/lo code tools.
I suspect that relatively soon the need for coders will again drop away as advanced software tools (predominantly AI) will do most of the heavy lifting.
Sounds like you can't reverse a string lmfao
So much of what they teach in school is not used on the job, yet why are people pursuing degrees then?
@@Moch117 You sound very young - you still believe in the yarn that a degree plus Leetcode will make you RICH, RICH, RICH.
And your belief that' reversing a string' is important in any way whatsoever is pathetic.
Just take a look at the very senior staff in a tech firm - no Leetcode for them .. just money, power and status.
@@coldlyanalytical1351 no leetcode cus they already done that to get in, unless they stated before leetcode was available.
Reverse string is a basic example that anyone should be able to do. It’s not indicating if you CAN do it then you’re making $. It’s like asking anyone what 2+2 is
Guys who join senior level all have leetcode PLUS system design (which is rated higher)
What is your strat for system design?
As a wanna be junior swe I cant help but wonder: if you forgot a lot of stuff from leetcode, even though you've been a developer for the past 5? years, isn't that an indicator of an absolute uselesness of such questions in an interview (since you're supposed to be tested on things you would actually do at a role)? Not a dig, I love your vids, just frustrated with the state of tech right now
leetcode is a different set of skill. it is not related to SWE.
@@simonandrew3322 are you kidding? It's literally a part of a typical interview process on a position of any coding role
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Hey Kevin. Nice content. Dropped you an email.