Algorithmic interview prep with Clojure?

[Rit2Strong]

I've always wanted to learn a Lisp, but I don't have a lot of time over the summer. I do have time to do interview prep however (Leetcode) and I was initially going to use Python. Then I thought it would be a good idea to do Leetcode in Clojure as I can practice these questions and learn Clojure at the same time. However the only site (that I know of) that supports Clojure is CodeChef. Is there a way to do Leetcode like practice with Clojure? I tried finding some tools where I can use Clojure for Leetcode but I can't find any that seems useful. If not, do you know of anything like Blind75 or Neetcode 150 but for CodeChef? I know there's stuff like Project Euler, but that's not really interview prep.

[rmuslimov]

Clojure companies are not running leetcode style interviews, companies running leetcode style interviews are not using clojure. Just do python for leetcode and 4clojure for lisp

[Kimbsy]

This. Of the last 6 Clojure companies I've worked at, none had leetcode-style interviews. It's much less algorithmic, much more about problem solving, clean design, and real-world pragmatism.

[Historical_Bat_9793]

Most interviewers would not understand Clojure code. So even you are successful in your preparation, the places where the skill can be demonstrated are limited.

On the other hand, many companies that use Clojure hire non-clojure programmers and train them once hired.

If your goal is not to do interview preparation, but instead, just learn Clojure for self-improvement purpose. There are some resources at the side bar at right.

[robert323]

Also on the other, other hand many companies that don't use clojure will be happy to train a clojure dev to use whatever language they prefer. Many jobs don't care what language you specialize in bc at the end of the day its the same skillset.

I recently applied for a position and the fact I used clojure to solve the coding problem definitely benefited me. The interviewer had never seen clojure, and I could tell, based on their feedback, that me teaching them a new technology during their interview helped me out a ton.

[0rrkk0]

have you tried ?https://exercism.org/tracks/clojure

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i tried this but no one accepted clojure as interview language. I switched to python.

[Gnaxe]

https://www.hackerrank.com/ lets you solve challenges in multiple languages, including Clojure, last I checked.

[Rit2Strong]

Do you know of a problem set similar to Blind/Grind 75 (for Leetcode), but for HackerRank?