It's sad, the problem is that the people creating and implementing these tests are doing it because their lazy and ignorant. They know, given a straight-forward

It's sad, the problem is that the people creating and implementing these tests are doing it because their lazy and ignorant. They know, given a straight-forward interview, that they would be incapable of determining if the interviewee is capable or not. They also want walk-on developers that require little to know start-up/training capitol on their part. They want and want and want and they don't know what their missing with the weeding out process but hey ignorance is bliss right? Right, except when you find out the only people who can pass these tests are people high on the autistic spectrum. People who most likely will not make it through the face-to-face interview process or people who cheat.