I have a distaste for puzzles too -- my hiring method doesn't use puzzles, but arbitrary real-world like tasks that need solutions. It tries to mirror real-worl

I have a distaste for puzzles too -- my hiring method doesn't use puzzles, but arbitrary real-world like tasks that need solutions. It tries to mirror real-world scenarios of what you, the candidate, would be doing if employed by me. If this isn't an acceptable form of evaluation, I would be open to others -- which I would potentially reject.