Yep, that's exactly my point with the HR example. The interview itself should be the programming test, not some artificial, condescending introductory literal

Yep, that's exactly my point with the HR example. The interview itself should be the programming test, not some artificial, condescending introductory literal test. If interviewers dealt with candidates from any other professional field in the same way that software professionals are commonly interviewed, there'd be a ton more people walking out of interviews.