The unfortunate part about the abstract puzzle fad is almost no one is paid to solve abstract puzzles but no one is tested on real puzzles. Once you're discuss

The unfortunate part about the abstract puzzle fad is almost no one is paid to solve abstract puzzles but no one is tested on real puzzles. Once you're discussing real things, they aren't puzzles anymore. One of my favorite things to do in interviews is to just actually have a discussion, as peers, about a real-world technical problem with multiple potential tradeoffs and no one right answer.