[H8crilA]

I mean, are you still writing any code? If not then those questions will look pretty damn difficult, as their objective is to filter for people that know how to write code (it's a high precision, lower recall filter, though). As an engineering manager you're probably not really writing any code on a regular basis. It's the same for expecienced managers in a BigCoolKnownCorp that I work for, I think they would have problems with an entry level whiteboarding code question.

[49yearsold]

Correct - I don't write code 100% of my time but I do code reviews on daily basis, involved in architecture, design of new feature; implementing a side project using swift, xcode,java for personal finance app. But still I feel so clueless when I see these questions on leetcode or similar sites.

[bradlys]

It's a different skill set. Even as an IC, this requires hundreds of hours of practice to get to an adequate level.

[mav3rick]

Do you not value the fundamental tenets of CS ? Is it beneath you to learn them ?

[H8crilA]

Keep in mind that even if you value them you'll eventually forget them given enough time in the ranks of the managers.

[mav3rick]

I won't. That's like saying Jeff Dean has forgotten Big O or how hash maps work.