There are still companies who refuse to believe this and still put Senior+ devs through hell during an interview process with junior level algorithm memorization.
In all aspects there will be dinosaurs and deniers and there will be embracers.
In all aspects there will be dinosaurs and deniers and there will be embracers.
And one does not memorize algorithms.
This thinking was popularized by coding competions which existed before leetcode and inspired leetcode. Schools themselves produced people who believed these puzzles are what makes you superior developer - one of us, special and choosen.