[ssangani]

It doesn't matter. Maybe 1/100 company doesn't ask DS&A questions these days.

Most corporate dev jobs are dull. Most of the codebase is mostly for loops. There's no relevance to day-to-day job. But these jobs pay well because of which competition is high. So interviewers are trained to measure as many signals as possible. If it's big tech company then there would be 7+ rounds instead of usual 5 to measure more signals.

No one cares what you built at startup either. There's lot of red tape in corporate. Many good ideas get blocked or shut down because of politics. Chances of building something are slim if not hired in a greenfield project.