> The code test is one of the more annoying facets of interviews. On the hiring side, it's an efficient way to screen and vet candidates for basic skills. It's

> The code test is one of the more annoying facets of interviews. On the hiring side, it's an efficient way to screen and vet candidates for basic skills. It's relatively low cost to the employer to have a recruiter issue the test. I agree with you in principle for a programming job, but from the post, this was a dev ops job, and the candidate was asked a dynamic programming question. There was no link to the JD, but I suspect it had little by the way requiring a CS degree.