I've had interviews where they told me to code on paper, with full syntax (no missing semicolons). This included drawing out db tables and their relations etc.

I've had interviews where they told me to code on paper, with full syntax (no missing semicolons). This included drawing out db tables and their relations etc. At one place - they gave me a very old computer and their actual code base and told me to fix a bug. No other information provided (that was actually a fun exercise). Different places do it differently - but all I can say is that none of these are enjoyable to the interviewee, and I think in most cases they are not enjoyable to the interviewers either. But the absolute worst thing is dealing with recruiters - starting with asking candidates to fill out forms so long that would put gov bureaucrats to shame. They also have a list of tech questions given to them to "screen" candidates and you can guess how that goes ("No not Linux, have you worked with LAMP?", "I am not talking about Javascript, I'm talking about jQuery, could you rate yourself on jQuery?")