Yes! Because the way companies interview has nothing to do with what you do in real life. It's an artificial environment and often an artificial, contrived coding problem, with a weird time constraint. It's like exercising - you could be super-fit but it's a specific muscle movement. 11 years later I had to do the exact same thing, even after 11 years at Microsoft and 11 years at Amazon - https://link.medium.com/801Ot5nlqib