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by zubat 3336 days ago
No, with the sole exception of interviewing for a research position where new algorithm variants on the sliding window might be developed.

What an interviewer focusing on specifics can pick up on is near term familiarity with a topic. But someone who can deliver value is also able to propel knowledge into novel areas, and can explain and debug the solution they came up with. They aren't there to be a student passing an exam.

Familiarity tests are often "weeder" filters that clear out candidates with no knowledge of the domain problem. This is a mixed blessing as it can find senior people if you drill deep enough with the right problems, but it can also make the overall skillset and wisdom of the team brittle if they are overfit.