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Agreed. Adherence to dogma like this is cancer.

i was rejected rom a pretty big company after clearing other stages because I wasn't able to recite SOLID. Its like asking people if they know 'design patterns' and expecting them to come up with the textbook answer from the GoF book.

Telling people that you need to use OOP or DI or any fixed software methodology is just stupid.

None of this crap is used in real companies, the good ones anyway. You should be flexible, open, and strive for maintainable, consistent, and simple design.