[tomrod]

From time to time I'm a hiring manager. I absolutely watch for these kinds of things, be it codegolf type challenges or large banks of interview questions. Depending on the role this can be helpful or hurtful to the expectations I would have on a candidate.

If the goals is to have a skill hire, typically someone who can maintain an existing, well-documented system, then having them know trivial details and banked information can be quite helpful. On the other hand, talent hires I would take in a different direction. If the candidate's only stand out quality is a clear memorization of banked answers I would wonder whether they could work from fundamentals.