Algorithms can be used in interviews, but there's a whole host of algorithms which can be logically derived from other ones. Those are decent tests of problem solving, as well as knowledge level. As you say, the clever tests don't gauge anything.
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Algorithms can be used in interviews, but there's a whole host of algorithms which can be logically derived from other ones. Those are decent tests of problem solving, as well as knowledge level. As you say, the clever tests don't gauge anything.