I was once in an interview for a $180-$250+ (cash, no fancy stocks) job and was first (compared to 100 remote devs from around the world) on the tech-interview

I was once in an interview for a $180-$250+ (cash, no fancy stocks) job and was first (compared to 100 remote devs from around the world) on the tech-interview with 3 simulatenous people ( had a headache after the ~90 minute interview, and today i've been programming for 11 hours and feel fine) and failed spectacularly at the next stage. So it can happen. I've also failed most of those online tests.