On: Programming interviews turn normal people into a-holes

[vouaobrasil]

I don't think it's malice. I think it's just an emergent property of the process. Large tech companies want people who will be a cog in their machine, it's as simple as that.

[seti0Cha → vouaobrasil]

Oh, I see, you're talking about the FAANG sort, where people do tons of prep before applying. I guess I could see that.

[vouaobrasil → seti0Cha]

Yeah, for what it's worth, I went through some programming interviews at smaller places. And then it was much more normal, not leet-code.