This is honestly something I've been trying to discuss with peers recently, and it's interesting the push back you get when you simply bring up the concept of "well, it obviously isn't C suite or HR that is advocating for the algorithmic leetcode test, they couldn't begin to understand that shit, it's 100% just other engineers setting up gatekeeping scenarios."
Well our Dev test was developed by the Senior VP and then tested on our developers; only 1 who aced it. Don't blame me and other workin' stiffs for that...
Is that true? I suppose the truly average HR rep can’t be, but I’ve never been given the freedom as an engineer to not ask a silly algorithm question. At most I get to decide which one I think is least silly. Maybe there are engineers somewhere who think the questions are great and high signal, but I’ve never met any.
