I personally have an interview that essentially tests if you can produce well-organized code for a challenging algorithm that is persented as-is (the steps to t

I personally have an interview that essentially tests if you can produce well-organized code for a challenging algorithm that is persented as-is (the steps to the algorithm are provided, so no cleverness is necessary, you are dinged in my interview for using cleverness if it introduces errors). But, I do not control hiring for all people I have to work with.