The problem is that once you start asking algorithm questions for top tech companies people will optimize for knowing them deeply instead of exploring other fie

The problem is that once you start asking algorithm questions for top tech companies people will optimize for knowing them deeply instead of exploring other fields of CS. This is what happens with Codedorces/ACM-ICPC. Suddenly everyone is hyper driven to crank them out day after day under pressure and much more interesting fields databases or turning a business idea into a usable app get neglected. Lets not fool ourselves no one is going to solve hard medium LC under time pressure in 30 minutes unless they’ve seen a similar problem before which leads to hiring worse engineers who pass interviews. Once a metric becomes the goal it ceases to be a good metric.