I agree with your assessment of the problem. It’s already been broken out into discrete chunks that are all simply solvable in short order. Even finding neighbo

I agree with your assessment of the problem. It’s already been broken out into discrete chunks that are all simply solvable in short order. Even finding neighbor squares is reasonably straightforward (generating all 8 candidates is basically trivial, then pass them through a filter for each of the four edges). But your take on the stress component of an interview is way off base. There’s a huge difference in having stress on you to deal with other people’s problems vs. your own. An interview candidate may be in financial trouble and may have been struggling for months to find employment in a terrible job market. This is existential stress on a completely different level than a customer wanting a feature yesterday.