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I've been working through HackerRank, LeetCode, etc - they have nothing to do with actual software development. And most of them rely on knowing some obscure al

I've been working through HackerRank, LeetCode, etc - they have nothing to do with actual software development. And most of them rely on knowing some obscure algorithm or "trick" to solve, which you wouldn't do in real life - you'd Google the problem, possibly add a dependency, and be about your business. But I've also been in technical interviews where the problem was used as a discussion point, rather than a challenge, and I get that use case - though "let's build a web server" might be a better problem to solve collaboratively.

VirusNewbie 5y ago
Interesting, I'd say 80% of the 'easy' level questions are very relevant to understanding data structures one encounters on a day to day basis (maps, trees, lists, arrays) and basic ability to manipulate those with loops or recursion. I think those are very good interview questions. I'd also say 90% of medium and hard questions are exactly what you said, relying on a relatively obscure algorithm.