> I had an interview recently where I solved the algorithm question very quickly, but didn't refactor/clean up my code perfectly and was rejected. It sounds li

> I had an interview recently where I solved the algorithm question very quickly, but didn't refactor/clean up my code perfectly and was rejected. It sounds like they intentionally present a simple problem because they are not filtering by who can solve it, but by who writes clean maintainable code. I wish I had thought of that when I was interviewing candidates, because it is a good criterium for a well established organization.