> Do you mean "for the first time and without errors"? I assume that most people should be able to give an overview of how a merge-sort works, and a pseudocode

> Do you mean "for the first time and without errors"? I assume that most people should be able to give an overview of how a merge-sort works, and a pseudocode implementation. That’s fine if it’s relevant to the role. But my understanding is that a lot of those interviews, especially at the higher companies require you to get it right, quickly, without issue, under interview pressure. And if you don’t you probably won’t make it past that stage. Also don’t bother trying that stuff for typical CRUD roles at corps that won’t ever require anything those sort of skills, and yes that’s likely. I’ve been in environments where even if strong CS fundamentals could improve the product they won’t let you because it’s not a priority.