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Ask HN: What were interviews like before Leetcode?

In the process of recruiting right now and I'm happy to see more and more companies are moving towards non-leetcode style interviews. As a child of the leetcode generation, this got me thinking - what kind of technical questions were asked before leetcode? Were algorithmic "gotcha" questions still asked? Were the questions easier? Was the bar just higher? I'm also guessing there was no 'coderpad' or 'hackerrank' - was everything just done on a whiteboard and pseudo-coded?

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In the process of recruiting right now and I'm happy to see more and more companies are moving towards non-leetcode style interviews. As a child of the leetcode generation, this got me thinking - what kind of technical questions were asked before leetcode? Were algorithmic &

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startup
Status
Shut down
Inventor
zkirby
Ended
2024
Source
hackernews
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