Yip pretty much the same for me. I done one hacker rank on my last round of interviews and it absolutely killed my confidence. It was 5 questions automatically

Yip pretty much the same for me. I done one hacker rank on my last round of interviews and it absolutely killed my confidence. It was 5 questions automatically timed to 15 minutes. So in terms of completing it you really need to have seen these types of questions before as they left no "thinking" time only time to type up the solution and a short debug. I got 3.5 of the questions finished in that time so I'm going to be working on my speed for the next time. Like you I think it's kinda sad given that the people who promote this style of interview say is so that they can assess how you "think" or "approach" a programming problem. The reality is that it's a hazing ritual, they are looking for you to have seen the type of question before memorise how to solve it and instantly start applying that in the interview. I'd note that overly strict interviews often cause companies to not be able to hire efficiently and effectively which the very same companies will complain loudly about. Companies I've worked for rejected almost all candidates and still complained they couldn't hire anyone.