I've never seen someone put a scarier spin on "showing your work". Fine-grained analysis? Again, you're not expected to be a master, but it's not asking a lot

I've never seen someone put a scarier spin on "showing your work". Fine-grained analysis? Again, you're not expected to be a master, but it's not asking a lot for you to break down a seemingly complex problem into something workable (e.g. The maze solver example above could be approached with choosing a right turn whenever you approach an intersection...does that seem very fine-grained to you?). Incredibly unrealistic time pressure? Again, in most interviews I've had/conducted, you're not expected to just know the answer. If you do, that's great, but you make it seem like they're waiting to pounce on you the moment you struggle. I've never seen that in interviews for larger companies.