The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee

Student entrepreneur uses AI to beat Amazon interviews By Nicolas Casey On March 3rd, Roy Lee got an email from Columbia University. Figuring it was just another college newsletter, Roy, the creator of Interview Coder, was shocked at what he saw when he opened the latest message in his inbox. It was a notification from Columbia University’s Center for Student Success and Intervention (CSSI) that his case would be reopened following an initial Dean’s Discipline Hearing on February 17th, where he avoided potential suspension or expulsion. The Columbia College sophomore spoke with The Pennsylvania Post about the saga that has catapulted him to virality on X, caught the attention of the global media spanning from the Hindustan Times to CNBC, and raised vital questions about the viability of current paradigms surrounding digital assessments and formal education. Roy launched Interview Coder in February: a tool designed to solve LeetCode problems, the software engineering industry’s stand ... Read full article.