We had an anonymous question logged in Discord asking why technical interviews keep asking about data structures and algorithms that are rarely used on the job. In my own 26-year career, I've only needed to implement recursion twice, and I made one "trie" (aka "prefix tree") one time in a production setting. Yet we're asked to demonstrate these skills over and over in interviews. Simple -- our interview process is flawed, and companies need to do better about asking us to demonstrate the actual, tangible skills we'll use on a daily basis. -- This episode came from a live-stream event. Drop by any time and ask questions, or message me privately to ask questions anonymously. https://techinterview.guide/streaming Check out all of my free content at https://techinterview.guide and the full archive of videos on YouTube, https://youtube.com/iandouglas . If you'd like to subscribe to an audio-only podcast, check out https://techinterview.guide/podcast for more information. Subscribe to the free Daily Email series -- 6-weeks of hiring perspectives in the tech industry from a manager's point of view, https://tig.fyi/newsletters If you'd like a free resume review, you can submit it here: https://techinterview.guide/resumereview. Private resume reviews are available. We have a growing Discord community where you can ask questions, https://tig.fyi/discord Connect with me on LinkedIn, https://linkedin.com/in/iandouglas736 and use this link to see how my network can benefit your job search: https://tig.fyi/ intros #interviewprep #careers #techishiring #100devs