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I've been on both sides of the table. When I did these exercises I found them uncomfortable , but less so than the rest of the interview process. I've never r

I've been on both sides of the table. When I did these exercises I found them uncomfortable , but less so than the rest of the interview process. I've never read into it the way that you and many others are. I consider it as a means of quantifying ability. You don't have time pressure, you don't have an interviewer standing over your shoulder whiteboarding with you. I view those as positives - because while I can do those things fine in day to day work, I do horribly at them an interview. That said it's clear that our experiences with this have been very different. * And o

eropple 10y ago
I can do either; I'm a very good talker and a very good programmer, and I'm pretty good on a white board too. But, fundamentally, this is a refusal on the part of the company to invest time in the process (while expecting the candidate to invest hours of their time). You are not operating as either business partners or equals; it's a power play. And that's not humane (and it's stupid besides in a seller's market). I'm good at these tests. That doesn't mean that doing them is economically wise.