Not OP, but I do this too. I generally ask the purpose of the question. Sometimes there are valid reasons for why they look at very strong algorithm skills an

Not OP, but I do this too. I generally ask the purpose of the question. Sometimes there are valid reasons for why they look at very strong algorithm skills and then I simply admit it's not really my cup of tea nor my passion. Sometimes they answer variations of "it's standard/it's how we do it" so then I propose whether we would like to code something more similar to what the daily job would be to which they generally play along, even happily. But if some don't I then say that I don't see a fit. Might be awkward but...who cares? I don't, they won't after 5 seconds the interview's over either.