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I Asked Phind and Copilot to Solve a LeetCode-Like Interview Exercise—Their Solutions Surprised Me
- The author reflects on the broken nature of hiring and interviewing processes within the tech industry, suggesting that AI hasn't necessarily killed the tech interview, as it was flawed to begin with.
- Describes experiences with various types of interviews over 10 years, including LeetCode exercises and take-home coding tasks.
- Introduces a math expression problem involving the words 'one' and 'two', prompting solutions from Phind and Copilot.
- Shares the author's 'pure string evaluation' solution for the problem, acknowledging its shortcomings.
- Phind's solution surprises the author by using DataTable to evaluate expressions, which the author had not considered.
- Phind's solution also includes docstring comments and external references, impressing the author with its accuracy.
- Copilot's solution, similar to Phind's, also utilizes DataTable to evaluate the expression but doesn't impress the author as much.
- The author questions whether AI has influenced and potentially 'killed' the traditional tech interview process, especially for algorithmic questions.
- The author ends by inviting readers to join their email list for curated programming and software engineering content.
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