For anyone downvoting, it's a serious question. We're debating these kinds of algorithms as interview questions at my job, and I was curious what this brings to

For anyone downvoting, it's a serious question. We're debating these kinds of algorithms as interview questions at my job, and I was curious what this brings to the table versus, say, building a CRUD API or constructing SQL queries or anything else. For example, I've been in the industry for 15 years and I've never had to construct a linked list (much less reverse one) in my career. I have had to build APIs, construct DB queries, create distributed systems, etc, etc. So I naturally wonder why constructing a linked list might result in rejection for a job, unless it's something you're actually expected to do on the job for that role. Am I missing something?