> I mean actually going into depth about things like algorithmic complexity, memory usage OK, I agree that's definitely something the candidate should be able

> I mean actually going into depth about things like algorithmic complexity, memory usage OK, I agree that's definitely something the candidate should be able to do. I'm just trying to point out to anyone reading that it won't be sufficient to explain an algorithm. You have to actually write code to solve a given problem. That's not the same as regurgitating code you remember from leetcode, so please don't think that. You have to apply techniques that you've learned. It's not easy, and it's not intellectually shallow.