Current interviews don't really encourage critical thinking. If 2 candidates are given a question, and one can regurgitate a memorized algorithm immediately, h

Current interviews don't really encourage critical thinking. If 2 candidates are given a question, and one can regurgitate a memorized algorithm immediately, he's probably the one to get the job. Plus, nerves and time pressure make it nearly impossible to solve algorithms on the spot. I found it infuriating at my google interview when I tried to pause for a minute to reason through the question (out loud) and my interviewer started prompting me with hints and pieces of the answer. It was obvious that I was losing points because I hadn't seen the question before. It seems like companies are okay with this system anyways. MIT literally offers a course called "Hacking a Google Interview", and yet Google still hasn't changed their internship interview problems.