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If they ask a tech test question, it's time to leave. When they act surprised, tell them you don't believe in wasting your time with bullshit.
You'd be surprised by the number of applicants that can't write a for-loop. There's a middle ground between no test and complex tree search algorithms.
If I ever encounter that middle ground, I'll let you know. Until now, it's only ever been complex bullshit.
Lmao, what the heck. I've heard about that, but I still cannot believe it's true.
This is why googling is a skill, even if I don't know then some 15 year old kid from Bangladesh has a YouTube tutorial on it
Why? Tech tests are fine, absurd complex tests for shitty jobs are not
If you find some that are reasonable then I consider you lucky. I have not. They've only ever proven to be an absurd waste of time in my experience.
I only got quite simple tests tbf, but I don’t look for senior positions. Main thing is to just get the problem solved writing decent code (if it’s a home assignment) or to walk them through your reasonings
The only time I got a leetcode waste of time it was a Dijsktra/A* problem (which I failed)