I've been hired at half of the FANG companies and I'm convinced I was hired not because of my direct performance in the interview questions, but I threw in bizarre minutiae about the problems that I've picked up over the years merely because I enjoy trivia.

I also failed an interview (or rather was not offered a job) at one of the FANGs, and I thought I did good enough on the interview portion, but it was the only interview where I didn't have the opportunity to drop some obscure trivia.