[groby_b]

Nope. No pseudo code. Definitely lots of whiteboarding. Lots of "recall arcane facts". (Like "Why did our counter stop counting up at 16M" - the answer being "because you used float for a counter, what's wrong with you")

And definitely lots of algorithmic questions.

Better questions than leetcode, though, because they were usually grounded in an actual problem the interviewer had.

[tamishungry]

M1 here. I used to have those "actual problem" questions for my interviewee, but my parent company's HR said we'd have to stick to questions that would yield better "yes/no" on a candidate than "how they think". In the end we were forced to use LC as a source for questions.

[groby_b]

Sigh. I am sorry to hear that. And not surprised.

(You can approach "how they think" as a question with strict rubrics fwiw, but it's a somewhat uphill battle. And not one you can win as an M1, usually)