[calvinbhai]

Way to go!

IMO If employer is adamant to rely only on cookie cutter first round interviews, then it’s probably not worth joining such places. It’ll be filled with people who are great at cracking such interviews and believing that these cookie cutter interviews are the only way to go.

There will be people on both sides of this debate, pro and anti.

If you don’t believe in solving algorithms/ hackarank type initial interviews, it’s good to challenge such requests.

If you are fine with it, that’s great. You and the employer have the same thinking. And it’ll/ May work great!