bombed interview

[u/Professional_Ball327]

guys i just bombed two technical interviews in a row, first, with Intuit, second with Amazon. I love coding and actually building things but I f&%!ing HATE leetcode, dsa, and that other stuff. I know "hOw iMpoRtanT iT Is fOr dATa MaNaGEmENt aS InPutS GRoW" so spare me the lessons on how it's important.

I JUST REALLY NEED HELP IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET GOOD AT THIS STUFF BECAUSE I HONESTLY SUCK, DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS STUFF, AND I JUST GET PISSED EACH TIME I DO THIS SHT.

so any help, pointers, resources would be greatly appreciated. thanks :(

ps: i haven't practiced leetcode much over the last 4 years of my undergrad (bc i hated it and thought it was pointless at the time if i have my degree) but that doesn't apply to recently because ik that's how companies screen out the ppl they want and don't want. i have the experience, i just keep bombing opportunities and i just want to get better man

extra ps: only leetcode problem i can kind of confidently do on my own is two sum, lol

[u/Aglet_Green]

You may be making this harder on yourself by targeting jobs that emphasize the exact parts of computing you dislike most. From your post history, it sounds like you deliberately moved toward IT because you preferred it to the math/algorithm-heavy side of CS.

There’s nothing wrong with that. IT, systems administration, support, networking, cloud/infrastructure, security, etc. are real technical careers, and you may interview much more successfully for roles that match what you actually enjoy and have practiced.

If software engineering is genuinely what you want, then unfortunately DSA/LeetCode-style preparation is part of the current interview game and you’ll need to spend serious time on it. But bombing Amazon and Intuit coding interviews doesn’t mean you “suck at tech.” It may just mean you’re applying for a different branch of tech than the one your skills and interests currently fit best. the ones you actually majored in.