What? I see the opposite. A junior engineer is a tough sell right now. If I'm going to hand hold someone through spewing out some typescript, claude does it for cheaper and can type faster. I know this is shitty, and it feels bad because senior people mentored me back in the day, but for smaller companies, the only thing in the end is survival of the business. The time horizon isn't long enough to think about growing engineers. Again, very bleak, but it is what it is.
Agree with your points on networking being the only way. Interviewing is super broken right now.
No, I mean the interview loops themselves are still geared towards data structure and algorithm questions even at a senior/staff level. Which if you’re a staff eng dealing with quarter to year long projects, you’re not traversing binary trees.
My main point is that I would NOT be shocked if VP/CTO interviews still asked candidates to code on the whiteboard.
Agree with your points on networking being the only way. Interviewing is super broken right now.