I have a masters degree from CMU, certainly a very top school in CS. I probably could've passed this style of interview fresh out of school. I did enjoy algorithm classes, it was fun.
It was also well over 20+ years ago and having had a successful career in silicon valley as an individual contributor, I have used that knowledge... never. Not once. It has no relevance to software engineering. I've forgotten nearly all of it. Want to hire someone to design and implement solid, performant, maintainable, secure production code? That's me. Want to test me by regurgitating memorized algorithms? Nope, I'm not participating in your game. The loss is yours.
I have a masters degree from CMU, certainly a very top school in CS. I probably could've passed this style of interview fresh out of school. I did enjoy algorithm classes, it was fun.
It was also well over 20+ years ago and having had a successful career in silicon valley as an individual contributor, I have used that knowledge... never. Not once. It has no relevance to software engineering. I've forgotten nearly all of it. Want to hire someone to design and implement solid, performant, maintainable, secure production code? That's me. Want to test me by regurgitating memorized algorithms? Nope, I'm not participating in your game. The loss is yours.