Sure, but it doesn’t matter enough that interviews should be built around this domain, especially to the extent they are around the Bay Area.
Having 0.5% of all engineers regularly engaged in working with the implementation details of data structures and algorithms does not justify putting 100% of engineering candidates through interviews centered on that topic.
Having 0.5% of all engineers regularly engaged in working with the implementation details of data structures and algorithms does not justify putting 100% of engineering candidates through interviews centered on that topic.