That’s not a development fail. They need better product people maybe? Also, google has money to spend so the bar for a launch may have been much lower in the past.
thats my point. what if leetcode tests filter out everyone who is good at making useful products or services, in favor of people who can memorize how to solve puzzles.
The people who make those decisions aren't doing leetcode tests. Do you think that Thomas Kurian passed a leetcode test? Of course he didn't, the people who make business decisions are in another pipeline that is just a normal management interview.