Just had an interesting experience at a Shopify interview that made me reflect on how tech interviews are evolving. We're seeing a shift from the traditional leetcode-style problems to something more nuanced and production-focused. 1/?
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Even though I solved the coding challenge within the time limit (my leetcode brain kicked in!), it seems that was not enough and got rejected. Retrospectively, looking back I think one of the hints how to approach the problem was ` "Write code as if you're pushing to prod."` 2/?
This really highlights how the industry is maturing. And such interviews not just about finding a solution anymore -it's about finding a maintainable, production-ready solution.
Feels like companies are finally acknowledging that day-to-day engineering is more than just algorithms.
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Feels like companies are finally acknowledging that day-to-day engineering is more than just algorithms.
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