>In both of those cases they are actual work sample tests. A pilot is expected to demonstrate exactly what they do on the job every day. They don’t need to practice for interviews.
The example in the post (sum all even numbers in a list) is a perfect example of something programers do on the job every day. It's not leetcode puzzle bullshit; filtering and aggregating lists is an extremely frequent task in software, and no competent programmer should have to study to perform it.
I didn’t read the twitter blurb in the article where is mentions the test.
I was basing this on the 30 minute live coding session the author talked about.
Yeah that screening is simpler than fizzbuzz. I also think it’s a worthless test and I believe the tweet is extremely misleading.
I’ve been doing this for a long time and if you exclude candidates that fail the most basic resume screen, I would be surprised if 10% failed that test.
If you filter for only senior candidates with verifiable experience, I’d be surprised if more than 1% failed it.
If 75% of the candidates that get through to your coding screen fail that something is extremely wrong with your hiring process.