>Does someone with my experience really have to grind leetcode and memorize algorithms to prove his capability? No, you don't have to memorize every algorithm.

>Does someone with my experience really have to grind leetcode and memorize algorithms to prove his capability? No, you don't have to memorize every algorithm. You can pass interviews doing sub optimal solutions if you have good code, a clear thought process, recognize there may be a better algorithm, have a dialogue about what that might look like, etc. I did rounds of interviews at Microsoft, Google, and Netflix a couple years ago, and with the exception of a single round in Microsoft, none of the 'algorithms' I needed to know went beyond understanding hashmaps, recursion, and the concept of a graph. (yes I realize that encompass DP, but still).