> They're trying to filter out candidates who would need to grind leetcode in order to explain how a hash table works. This is obviously a generalization round

> They're trying to filter out candidates who would need to grind leetcode in order to explain how a hash table works. This is obviously a generalization rounded down. Most of my whiteboard interviews were fine, like you’re saying, but some did ask ludicrous puzzles that required specific knowledge of existing algorithms like “largest sum consecutive array”.