The author asserts that simple coding interviews > involving nothing more than simple and fundamental data structures is the objective way to evaluate a candi

The author asserts that simple coding interviews > involving nothing more than simple and fundamental data structures is the objective way to evaluate a candidate. Because those > do require a good understanding of programming fundamentals But in my experience, someone who can memorize those basics can also memorize their implementations. So it is quite possible to have someone code a perfect BFS, but have no grasp of programming fundamentals.