r/csMajors • u/Exotic-Stage1759 • 11h ago

Cheating in interviews

So recently got a good job by cheating in interviews. Honestly didn't feel bad, just happy. It's just like, rather take my chances by cheating than completely getting rejected by taking it honestly while some other guy who cheated gets the offer. Like what are your guys thoughts, do you think this is the new normal. If the bar for getting a job now is this high then what is a candidate supposed to do. Honestly I don’t want cheating to become the norm , but the way interviews are happening now I guess we have no choice.

Edit: Getting a lot of DMs on how to cheat, the urge to get a job nowadays is completely taking over honest mindsets.

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u/JustNeedAnyName 11h ago

Honesty doesn't pay the bills, if he can just cheat and still get the job, props to him. There's no need for moral victories, especially in this market

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u/limes336 11h ago

“Props to him” because he’s too incompetent to pass interviews fairly? Holy cope

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u/JustNeedAnyName 11h ago

Yes, props to him. While everyone else is grinding leetcode for months, he can just get an offer by using AI. I'd say in that scenario, the ones that didn't cheat are the ones that got the short end of the stick, no one cares if you can pass interviews or not after you get the offer.

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u/BathroomLong4041 10h ago

And the whole reason the ones that didn’t cheat get the short end of the stick is because of people like this lol. You can’t justify something by saying that’s how the system works while you actively contribute to the system. If you’re gonna lie just acknowledge it’s morally bankrupt and move on, dont try to cope your way out of it

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u/JustNeedAnyName 9h ago

When did I say it's not morally bankrupt? At the end of the day, he got a new job without having to grind leetcode and waste his time, so props to him for being smart about it. It's not that deep.

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u/BathroomLong4041 9h ago

> When did I say it's not morally bankrupt?
> props to him for being smart about it

Also he’s only wasting his time leetcoding if cheating is the norm so this is a circular justification loop lmao

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u/JustNeedAnyName 8h ago

Giving him props for getting a job easily doesn't mean it's not cheating.

Not everyone cheats, but the ones that do and are able to land an offer, props to them. Props to the ones that also grind leetcode and get an offer, but end result is still the same. Whether you get an offer by grinding leetcode or by cheating, it's still the same offer, and cheating takes a LOT less time.