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I agree that the interview can't be just war stories. There has to be code in there somewhere, like whiteboard sketches of an algorithm the candidate has implemented.

On the other hand, leet code questions definitely don't show that the candidate can actually write maintainable, well-documented code with test suites and easy-to-use APIs.



Yes, luckily those aren't the only two options :)

Though I will say that having some kind of fizz-buzz style phone screen is still, in my mind, a good idea. It saves a lot of time if it turns out that your candidate can't even write a simple for loop (and so many can't, to my great dismay).




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