Comment by eclectic29

This is just "one" experience, certainly not the norm. Even as an experienced engineer of 15 yrs I'd to solve leetcode (LC) style problems on the whiteboard a few yrs go. For better or worse (depending on whose perspective you see), LC allows companies to judge you based on a common framework of solving algorithmic problems using computer science fundamentals (data structures and algorithms) in a language of your choice. Obviously, the problems vary in difficulty and many are trick problems which is what makes them frustrating, but it's the unwritten sad truth of this industry and I believe it's here to stay _if_ you're vying for very high salaries.