> Clearly, I'm not an expert in algorithms. There is no point in giving me binary-tree-traversing questions; ...I'm trying to be an expert in something else, li

> Clearly, I'm not an expert in algorithms. There is no point in giving me binary-tree-traversing questions; ...I'm trying to be an expert in something else, like object-oriented design, for example. I've always been surprised by the focus on algorithms in interviews. Maybe I'm an outlier but in my entire career I very rarely have to implement any complex, low-level algorithm - usually I can just use a standard library. But almost every day I'm using object oriented design to refactor code or meet new business requirements.