Is it common or uncommon for people to get jobs based only on hackerrank solutions and no portfolio? Creating full web apps and interfaces dont appeal to me. I want to stick to the hard problems and continue to learn instead of getting bogged down in the user interface and front end stuff.
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Then just make a CLI? I have helped hire for a few positions: I have never used Hackerrank and would not be impressed if that's all I saw on a resume. I'm not sure how difficult their problems can get, and maybe someone who has progressed far would be impressed. You have to ask yourself, how many people have even heard about Hackerrank first of all? Even easy, self-led projects can be very impressive (especially if you are no college/fresh grad). I do not review the actual code or application itself when listed on a resume - I might if it sounds interesting, but that's due to personal interest and I, like many other interviewers, do not have the time to research everyone's projects. So unless you're applying to some web dev sweatshop and you need the skills, don't worry about UI, UX, just focus on what you are interested in.