QCon AI New York 2025

Session

Getting Rid of LeetCode Interviews in the World of AI

December 16–17, 2025 · The New York Academy of Medicine

Tuesday Dec 16 / 10:20AM EST · Room 20, 2nd Flr

Speaker

Daniel Doubrovkine

Ex-CTO, People Leader and Engineering Practitioner in OSS and AI

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Abstract

AI-fueled innovation is accelerating all around us, but one thing that is not changing are FAANG "leetcode" interviews. Experienced developers continue to be subjected to humiliating puzzles that can be memorized, sinking their time and talent into mindless learning of basic algorithms. Is this all necessary? Several companies are now allowing and sometimes are encouraging use of A.I. during interviews. In this talk we'll explore both sides of the interview, and align the motivations of both the hiring team, and the candidates to the modern age of A.I.