Yeah I don't buy your argument. I don't think leetcode questions are perfect, I also agree that women/minorities have extra distractions and hurdles which as a society we should look to lessen and improve.
However, I find these distractions are much stronger correlated with a person's economic situation rather than race or gender. Also, I agree with the parent of your comment where the time spent with leetcode is a small fraction of the time needed to learn CS fundamentals, which are usually required for the job. Especially when you're not expected the candidate to KNOW the answer, you're observing HOW they solve the answer.
I've failed candidates that memorized solutions, but could explain how they got there. And I championed ones that didn't get the optimal solution, but had a good thinking process that they could properly communicate to me. Guess which candidate spent more time studying?
> However, I find these distractions are much stronger correlated with a person's economic situation rather than race or gender.
Which changes nothing when its a 99% correlation by race and gender.
Its not a dissertation, its acknowledging that something has the result of marginalizes groups disproportionately. Disproportionately means that it doesn't affect everyone, it doesn't 'affect all women and all minorities. It means disproportionately affects, due to their disproportionate representation in these distracting economic circumstances, so lets do something else instead since the reasons why it affects them isn't going to change in our lifetime.
> Also, I agree with the parent of your comment where the time spent with leetcode is a small fraction of the time needed to learn CS fundamentals
If people got formal education they took the risk for that allotted time. It doesn't matter if a time-discriminatory process takes less time, its an additional and unnecessary risk for the candidate.
If people didn't get formal education then they didn't take the risk for the allotted time, they just have exposure to the tasks the company needs. That alone suggests more inspiration is needed to have a different way of determining their compentency.
However, I find these distractions are much stronger correlated with a person's economic situation rather than race or gender. Also, I agree with the parent of your comment where the time spent with leetcode is a small fraction of the time needed to learn CS fundamentals, which are usually required for the job. Especially when you're not expected the candidate to KNOW the answer, you're observing HOW they solve the answer.
I've failed candidates that memorized solutions, but could explain how they got there. And I championed ones that didn't get the optimal solution, but had a good thinking process that they could properly communicate to me. Guess which candidate spent more time studying?