that instead I'd get logic puzzles, quizzes about algorithmic minutiae and have to code a red-black tree on the spot on a whiteboard - all things that favor rec

that instead I'd get logic puzzles, quizzes about algorithmic minutiae and have to code a red-black tree on the spot on a whiteboard - all things that favor recent CS grads. This is actually a good point that there might be a strong bias in this towards fresh graduates who in most cases are younger folk.