Why are those interview questions mostly random algorithms? Wouldn't it be more sensible to ask for design patterns? At least you can use them in real life. O

Why are those interview questions mostly random algorithms? Wouldn't it be more sensible to ask for design patterns? At least you can use them in real life. Or refactoring patterns. Like give them a page of shitty code and ask them to make it nice. Forcing people to memorize obscure algorithms and solve them on a whiteboard seems like the worst possible solution. Unless you are really looking for some expert on algorithms.