I hear this so often that I wonder if people actually believe it. If you do, keep in mind that it would require a fairly large conspiracy within tech circles to

I hear this so often that I wonder if people actually believe it. If you do, keep in mind that it would require a fairly large conspiracy within tech circles to maintain. A more likely explanation is that it's less effort to come up with and apply a leetcode-style question in an interview scenario. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by laziness and cargo-culting.