Microsoft was one of the first big tech companies to popularize these styles of white board coding interviews. Back when I was in college, Google had just lower

Microsoft was one of the first big tech companies to popularize these styles of white board coding interviews. Back when I was in college, Google had just lowered their hiring bar from "must have PhD" to "well BS from an Ivy League may be good enough", CTCI was seen as a way into Amazon and Microsoft.