Yuchen Jin says AI has made LeetCode-style coding interviews obsolete, noting that a 1B LLM can one-shot all LeetCode Hard problems. He says he dropped them years ago and now tests how well candidates use AI. A quoted post says Google added a Code Comprehension round where candidates debug a 200-500-line codebase with Gemini available.
I'm so glad AI killed LeetCode interviews.
Google popularized LeetCode-style coding interviews ~20 years ago. Today, even a 1B LLM can one-shot all LeetCode Hard problems.
I dropped LeetCode interviews years ago. Now I test how well candidates can use AI.
Goodbye to LeetCode? Google just updated its interview process. AI is now a part of it. They have introduced a new round called Code Comprehension. The idea behind this round is to drop the candidates into a 200-500-line codebase with Gemini available for use. This round evaluates: - Can you read someone else's code - Are you able to debug independently before utilizing AI - Can you catch when Gemini is wrong
Source: Yuchen Jin · x.comPublished · added here
