I think blanket statements aren't going to work in a diverse field such as software development. Certain jobs require strict skills and those skills need to be

I think blanket statements aren't going to work in a diverse field such as software development. Certain jobs require strict skills and those skills need to be measured by all potential employees. On my team we aren't doing anything particularly crazy beyond a large crud application. We feel confident enough in our development process that we can hire interns and make them productive. We are more interested in knowing they want to learn and are able to learn our application. Culture fitnisnlore important to us. As a result, having a conversation with the applicants is much more valuable than a coding challenge. It works for us.