I could imagine that this would be the worst way to evaluate candidates I've ever heard, especially if not everyone got hired. I think this would only be an app

I could imagine that this would be the worst way to evaluate candidates I've ever heard, especially if not everyone got hired. I think this would only be an appropriate evaluation metric if your end product were actually a reality TV show focusing on this process. Maybe do it Survivor style, have 12 candidates/new grads start, give them the goal of producing an MVP CRUD app, and start voting people out of the scrum after a couple of days. Winner gets a 6 month contract to hire, 3 people have their careers ruined, and the rest bump around the valley for a few years before moving back to wherever the hell they came from. The memes that come out of this alone could make this show a valuable cultural contribution.