coding challenges

I absolutely detest leetcode style interview questions. I am good at solving problems and writing modular code. I am not good at writing search algorithms. Any guesses which one of those is more relevant to my job? 99% of development does not involve writing low level algorithms, because guess what someone else already did that for you, it’s called a library!

Had to do one during a recent interview. Had no issues and took 10 minutes during the call. They then requested I do an at home code test that they said took most people 8 hours. I had another offer already so I told them to pound sand.

My company requires either a code demo of existing code or a take home coding challenge. We get way too many people that cannot write code to not put that gate in place. It’s not even too terribly difficult or rigorous. Mostly looking for basic understand of fundamental things like DI, caching, background operations, etc.

I wish they where less common, but it does seem like a good idea to do some challenges before interviewing especially for low to mid level jobs. There are a number of good sources. I like “Project Euler”. a lot of the popular options like hackerrank or codesignal are very gamified. Go for it if that is your thing, but i find scores and points feel very dehumanizing for me.

Never done a coding challenge in an interview, but discussed specific topics or challenges and how those could be solved

i do terrible at the live challenge, and great at the take home stuff. i don’t k ow what it is about the former, but i just cannot think while someone is looking over my shoulder.