I am sorry for your pain. I have never had the 'algorithm quiz' interview, and am proud to say I have never given that quiz. IMHO If you are good with algorit

I am sorry for your pain. I have never had the 'algorithm quiz' interview, and am proud to say I have never given that quiz. IMHO If you are good with algorithms, your resume should show it, and you should be able to speak to it. If your resume does not show the skill then they should not grill you on it. Of course as a interviewer you must be skilled enough to recognize a valid understanding of the algorithm the CANDIDATE explains not just the ones you as an interviewer knows. That said, I have seen plenty of resumes where people will list off doing in 3 months, that which would take a genius a year. Validating that you actually did XYZZY verses just attended a meeting on topic is a key objective of the interview.