BomberMouse
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Yeah, in my experience interview questions usually end up expecting you to have instantaneous, very detailed knowledge of the by-the-book CS algorithms and data structures (because "IT'S IMPORTANT" even though you'll be able to look it up on the rare occasions you need it) and a broad, shallow knowledge of everything else. Sometimes language knowledge gets thrown into the former category, sometimes the latter. Though if you claim to have experience, they're more likely to call you on it...
The interview dichotomy always throws me, tbh. I just can't bring myself to study up on this irrelevant garbage. Implement quicksort? Eff you, I'll use qsort! I'm trying to do real work over here!
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I agree, but a good interview analyze how you tackle the problem instead of the solution.