Perhaps budget forecasting is more difficult to check in an objective way. It seems silly to compare that to easily checked skills like technical writing or sof

Perhaps budget forecasting is more difficult to check in an objective way. It seems silly to compare that to easily checked skills like technical writing or software development. After my experience interviewing it seems reasonable to expect that no one can write fizzbuzz and the only way to know otherwise is to have them write it. Why are you so opposed to the idea of meritocratic interviewing? Why not check a few things that can be easily and objectively checked? Have you ever interviewed people?