When did “not able to solve leetcode-nuclear puzzles while singing and tapdancing backwards”, become “junior developer”?
The OP is talking about “sky-high” levels of (interview) competency, and you immediately jumped to the conclusion that anything less must be juniors who need training to wipe their rears.
I think I see the problem in this field.
I’ve met “junior developers” who couldn’t translate simple business requirements into code.
The stereotypical “developer” who couldn’t do FizzBuzz.
Well, first...you were replying directly to a post that was talking about whitebord/algorithm questions and how they’re out of control. On an article about same. So my answer is: ”because I bothered to read the post to which you were replying.”
Regardless, if you haven’t done an algorithm interview in “over 20 years”, you either haven’t changed jobs, or you’ve had a unicorn career. Either way, you’re clearly not representative of the vast majority of devs. True or exaggerated, your experience is so exceptional that it isn’t worth discussing.
Not everyone’s career has been the r/cscareerquestions “learn leetCode and work for a FAANG”.
These tests are ubiquitous. If you honestly haven’t hit them, you’re a unicorn.
I’ve asked around about my coworkers experience over the years because I had never heard of algorithms style interviews until three years ago when I started reading HN and r/cscareerquestions.
I thought all interviews were soft skill, language trivia, diagramming models and architecture, and explaining past projects.