Programming Language Tier List for Coding Interviews

Programming Language Tier List for Coding Interviews

[GregHogg]

What am I missing? What did I get wrong?

[eliseuvideira]

The "vscode" appears to be powershell

[iverbrnstad]

As a C++ dev: ain't no way it is an A tier interview language, there's so many strange bits to remember that would be a nightmare in a tense situation like an interview, and error messages that's designed to make you cry. It's a decent language for take homes, as it can do anything well, but I'd loathe programming in it in a high stress situation without the ability to google.

[sorcdk]

As good as Python is to easily write code in, it is also a bit of a trap in coding interviews, as a lot of the classics of how to solve problems are not necessarily the best options there, due to the large overhead of pure Python operations. This effectively means that the techniques that would normally give you better performance are not guarenteed to actually be the best options. I have lost count of how many times an O(n^2) method was just so much faster than an O(n), O(n*k) [with k << n], or O(n lg(n)) method, because the O(n^2) method could be vectorized nicely and the other was less efficient at that.

[arijitdas]

Actually Haskell is pretty good one because of its lazy evaluation. But yes in a coding interview it'd be a nightmare.

[srivastm]

C/C++ for coding interviews is not a good choice. I have seen most candidate’s code throw core dump and then they spend most of their time figuring it out.
I would recommend only Python and Java for coding interviews. Always ask your interviewer if they have a preference for a language.

[kchemutai]

I use Java and find it hard to use python even though 4 years working with it

[yashovardhan]

R is really good for statistical modeling. If the task is just to analyze the data and create ML models, R is God tier.

[Shounak]

Bro Java is universally accepted by all companies and it’s a great language much better than C any given day. Python I agree is S tier but a lot of companies don’t allow the use of python. Java has to be S or atleast A tier imo and C has to go down

[Just_Flipy]

C is top tier because it makes you code BLINDLY but also in a way you can understand. You dont need any library save for2. Meaning you need to just understand what you’re doing.

[mcwill_maydogg]

Never thought Haskell could've been C.... I would've put it in F tier or any lower

[kyleo.]

I guess I don't have to know R for my statistician interviews since it's F tier!

[phoneix]

That vs code is actually windows powershell

[DarthVader]

Haskell is the most beautiful language here. Eady S tier.

[skylo]

Just from another perspective I'm thinking, isn't C or C++ or something similar maybe more suited for an interview? I mean maybe you want to assess the problem solving skills together with the base understanding of a computer. I think python in that regard would just make every problem way to easy to solve to really assess that. But that's just my opinion

[CppDemon]

C++ and C is supposed to be in the S tier and python in A imo because you only know the highest level imo.

[dismalitie]

Assembly should be in s tier, because everything is open source if you know assembly

[samannoyb]

Python programmers: python is goat
Javascript programmers: js is goat
C and Assembly: every language from us, we are the goats
Computers: chill guys we just understand 1s and 0s

[danielb.]

For me it's C++ all the way since I want to get into game dev

[diego]

The weird looking alien is Common Lisp.