> (I wanted to learn the answer for future interviews!).
This is the only advice that has ever helped me.
Technical interviewers are unoriginal and looked up and use the top google result on "programming questions for X", especially for niche roles that the company is now just hiring for.
Nowadays leetcode platforms can provide a more randomized set of problems for companies, but many many many teams and individuals will still just recycle.
I recycle answers, which is ironically closer to what I would be expected to do for the company on a day to day basis than an original answer to any academic problems.
This is the only advice that has ever helped me.
Technical interviewers are unoriginal and looked up and use the top google result on "programming questions for X", especially for niche roles that the company is now just hiring for.
Nowadays leetcode platforms can provide a more randomized set of problems for companies, but many many many teams and individuals will still just recycle.
I recycle answers, which is ironically closer to what I would be expected to do for the company on a day to day basis than an original answer to any academic problems.