Maybe I am being too critical of myself. It's certainly a trait of myself that I'm familiar with. The problem is often that I don't know what's an acceptable

Maybe I am being too critical of myself. It's certainly a trait of myself that I'm familiar with. The problem is often that I don't know what's an acceptable expectation of myself. I've tried to be reasonable when it comes to approaching the study of algorithms, but maybe I've missed the mark? Two problems in 1 day seems like pretty dismal progress, especially when I'm not exactly memorizing / absorbing these problems as well as I'd like to. Most of that day, is spent distracted out of frustration that I didn't / couldn't solve the first, or second problem, and had to resort to the solution. I know that there are jobs out there which don't do this style of interviewing, but I have noticed that most of the companies doing interesting work, that pay really well, do. I kind of rationalize it like this: If I'm going to work a job (shit, I'd rather not)... Then it damn well better be maximized for interesting work, and pay: Job = Max(jobs,[Interesting,Pay]);