进牛公司必须刷leetcode啊,这个ChatGPT 已经讲的很清楚了
They’re not a hard requirement, but LeetCode-style questions (data structures, algorithms, problem solving under time pressure) are a big part of FAANG and other top tech interviews.
Here’s the breakdown:
What FAANG actually tests
Coding interviews: Expect algorithmic / data structure questions (arrays, strings, graphs, dynamic programming, recursion, system design for senior roles). These are very similar to what’s on LeetCode.
Behavioral interviews: Leadership principles, teamwork, culture fit.
System design (mid/senior): Scalability, architecture tradeoffs, distributed systems.
Do you need LeetCode specifically?
No company mandates “LeetCode” the site itself, but the style of problems on LeetCode is very close to what you’ll face.
You could practice elsewhere (HackerRank, CodeSignal, company prep guides, Cracking the Coding Interview, Grokking the Coding Interview), but most candidates use LeetCode because it has the largest set of FAANG-like problems.
How much is enough?
For entry to mid-level roles, interviewers often pick medium-level LeetCode-style problems.
For senior+ roles, less emphasis on brute algorithm drills, more on system design + leadership + coding fluency.
Practicing 150–200 curated problems (patterns) is usually sufficient to recognize problem types quickly.
In short: You don’t need to “finish” LeetCode, but you do need to be fluent in LeetCode-type questions because FAANG interviews heavily rely on them as a signal of problem-solving ability.