> Forget any of the rest of your skills, because we all know the only thing that matters when interviewing is an ability to recite CS algorithms out of memory a

> Forget any of the rest of your skills, because we all know the only thing that matters when interviewing is an ability to recite CS algorithms out of memory and solve obtuse puzzles while pretending you've never seen them This attitude only seems to exist in companies that are seen as 'top n'. Want to stop interview in this manner? Stop applying to these companies. Unfortunately if you want to get the paycheck that comes from these types of companies, you have to play their games. You can't complain the interview system is broken and then only apply to jobs that offer 150k total comp and have brand name recognition. For every FAANG with a broken interview system, there are 5 other decent companies with intelligent people that don't do this crap.