> A data structures and algorithms test is fair and objective. Anything but! For starters, in 2020 brute-force solutions are not acceptable anymore. Then, ther

> A data structures and algorithms test is fair and objective. Anything but! For starters, in 2020 brute-force solutions are not acceptable anymore. Then, there are often several working approaches and substantial percentage of interviewers will fail you just because you use the approach they are unfamiliar with. But even if you implemented the optimal approach, if the interviewer disliked you as a person then they find a way to fail you regardless. "Sloppy code", "bad communication" - no fairness and objectiveness in those assessments.