Should I do leetcode/algo for landing a job as a Frontend/React developer?

[gaomingzhao666]

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Hello guys, I am looking for a job as a frontend dev and I don't care so much about the salary, and I am also confusing about the algos and leetcode style interview questions because I am really bad on this field, I can only solve the easy questions not even medium.

Personally I think the algorithms and leetcode questions are not feel pretty funny, even a little bit boring... so I really don't want to practice algorithm questions, instead of that, I am more prefer to build real-world projects and add it into my github repos and resume to promote the competitive ability.

I want to know would the company or country/region you are working at composing a leetcode style interview for junior frontend engineers?

Is the leetcode must, or is it unavoidable?

Can I get some advices about my career and what I should do next?

There is my github profile, Could you get me some comment or assessment about it, is there have anymore needs to be advance?

Thanks so much for any comment and advices (●'◡'●)

[Mykal-Steele]

Yeah, but many value real-world projects more. Just focus on building projects you are interested in. like It could be anything even copies of your favorite software. But we still have to go through the same path, so you still need to practice LeetCode-type problems. Even though everyone knows they don't really reflect your skills, they do reflect the commitment you're willing to put in.

[gaomingzhao666]

Thank you for this detailed advice!!

I agree that the leetcode game is a kind of compliance test for companies, but the time cost still have no so much cost-performance for me, the leetcode problem still so hard for me even I learned data structure and algorithm completely at university, and recite the solution or answer is so boring and useless I think.

So, I really want to know is there have so much companies DO NOT to adopt leetcode questions for interviews, OR adopt a take-home task instead, OR adopt a real-world project-orient problems/questions instead such as build a UI component or initialize a project.

[gaomingzhao666]

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