LeetCode is one of the biggest reasons I have anxiety over jumping to a new job. I was never great at it. I somehow managed to get through a good company as an intern without hardcore LeetCode practice that many of my friends did. Didn't get a full time there, spent several months in the pandemic hunting jobs, and I have one now but it isn't something that I am really enjoying but since they have given me WFH, I feel partially inclined to continue the status quo.
I don't know what is the situation in the US but I interviewed for a job where I was given an offer of 4.5 lakh rupees plus a bonus of 50K(equaling 6,726.67 USD) and the guy asked me quite a bit of questions from LeetCode amongst other stuff. That was quite terribly low for me personally (and had I known the salary before hand, I would have never interviewed for it).
So at least in India, from what I have encountered so far and I am yet to encounter a company that hasn't asked me those questions yet.
