If it ever gets to this point for me I’m leaving the industry. Some of the comments here are insane. It’s a job interview, if there’s that much complexity and pressure involved…
The most complex stuff I have been asked were things like “what’s your process for improving application performance” or “what’s an n+1 query”
I assume if I was asking for $250k at a mega tech company, it gets a lot harder.
Great you had such easy questions for your 6 figure interview though.
Was actually called by one of their recruiters, I think she found my linked in because I call myself a “linux enthusiast” on there, and sometimes I wonder if I should take that down but I haven’t yet. I guess I also messed up by telling executive dude that I was more of an relational db guy than nosql guy. Should’ve said something about mongo level webscale :)
Look for lower pay at smaller companies outside of major markets if you're looking for something without that aspect. You can often set the terms.