I don't like coding tests, but they are far better than the alternative: these typical multi-hour interviews involving lots of white-boarding fake code. A vent

I don't like coding tests, but they are far better than the alternative: these typical multi-hour interviews involving lots of white-boarding fake code. A venture-funded company who's entire technology stack is a basic Rails CRUD app grills you (in a room, or over the phone) about hypothetical uses of CS fundamentals that none of their own employees have touched since college. I'd always rather establish my competency by submitting real working software I've written or solving some trivial coding challenges, rather than trying to solve these random brainteaser problems live in a high-stress, timed situation.