This is ridiculous, you will be given a no hire recommendation by the interviewer at a FAANG company if you do not provide an optimal solution. This is very wel

This is ridiculous, you will be given a no hire recommendation by the interviewer at a FAANG company if you do not provide an optimal solution. This is very well documented on sites/apps like Blind and accurate from my personal experience. It's corporate double speak to state otherwise. Can't give an O(N) solution but come up with a correct O(N^2) solution? Too bad - go do more Leetcode.