reasoning about SIMD code on an interview is a really high ask for a non-specialized position. I'd not even know all of the instructions w/o a reference. OTOH

reasoning about SIMD code on an interview is a really high ask for a non-specialized position. I'd not even know all of the instructions w/o a reference. OTOH Assembly (w/o the vector instructions) is generally like a very simple C [I'd exclude some of the memory barrier on weaker memory modes as well]