My favorite interview questions are the ones where they have you figure out an algorithm for something and then say, "Ok, but you can do it better (faster or wi

My favorite interview questions are the ones where they have you figure out an algorithm for something and then say, "Ok, but you can do it better (faster or with less memory)." It's slipped into how I do my work. I write something that I want to be optimized and say "Ok, but I can do it better", regardless of whether I know it can actually be done better or not. Very fun.