based on many news stories and on some of the experiences I have had: Take case of Brian Acton(of whatsapp) being rejected by fb/twitter. Do you think he wouldn

based on many news stories and on some of the experiences I have had: Take case of Brian Acton(of whatsapp) being rejected by fb/twitter. Do you think he wouldn't have been able to solve a problem the business would've normally encountered? And just because someone cracked that irrelevant test doesn't mean they would be actually able to tackle a real life problem just as fast. I am very skeptical of this type of test methodology. Any software developer worth his salt will be able to tackle any of the problems normally encountered. And moreover its not the performance of individual, but how the team collaborates and performs that results in successfully tackling worst problems in computer science.