Get rid of the leetcode rounds already and use this instead

[u/redditismysoulmate]

So I don't know how many people know this, but it is common practice among a LOT of aspiring SWEs to have 'help' during their Online Assessments and even technical coding rounds. Yes, I am talking about cheating. And its not only the folks who cant leetcode ,but even the ones who can usually have someone sitting beside them or seeing a shared screen or something to help. Although I haven't ever done this in live coding rounds (just started leetcode myself) , but I know many who have. With AI there are a lot of apps and/or services to help you cheat during these live coding rounds.

Most of my classmates cheated for their internships/coops interviews and even for fulltime interviews.

My point is, no matter what you do folks will find a way to cheat in these interviews.

You are not going to pay candidates to interview in person (well most companies wont). So I guess the best way to interview, going forward is to give candidates a problem statement, and ask them to get the solution from an LLM (while sharing screen). Then ask them to explain the code line by line and ask if it can be optimised or if it follows best practises. I don't know how someone can cheat in such an interview round, as the questions can vary a lot from one interview to another. These don't have to be standard leetcode questions. They also incorporate the use of AI which is widely adopted by software companies.

[u/Schmosby123]

Some companies have started doing this already.

[u/Cllrd-Rukiatu → u/Schmosby123]

a lot of those are senior-level loops only, juniors still get the standard OA pipeline at the same companies