> “After years of tech workers being pampered, of ‘bring your whole selves to work’ and ‘work from anywhere,’ executives are now overcompensating in the other direction,” he says.

> “Tech industry job interviews have, of late, reached a new level of absurdity.”

This is funny. I wonder if with lay offs a whole bunch of people are finally realizing how abusive the tech interview is. Ive done 3 job searches and each one has been horrible, leaving me multiple times considering switching careers.

The one I just finished at the end of last year didnt feel any different process or expectation wise as the one I did 6 years ago. The only difference was it felt like there were less openings and more competition. But the actual interview it self was the same, just as horrible as it has been.

I used to give interviews for a team I got promoted multiple times with, I couldn't pass the interview they were having me give. They didn't change it though.

> Another worker complained on Blind that preparing for LeetCode questions requires “hundreds of hours” of preparation: “Why are we expected to do the coding Olympics for every company that wants to interview you?”

Cracking the coding interview came out in 2008. 14 years ago, none of this is new.