So... restaurants hire people by giving them onions to chop and seeing if they can make good jokes. Every white collar job that's ever existed hires people by

So... restaurants hire people by giving them onions to chop and seeing if they can make good jokes. Every white collar job that's ever existed hires people by checking resumes, checking references, considering education and past work experience and a face-to-face introductory meeting. So, is programming (sorry, "engineering") more like cooking food or more like every other job where you sit in an office and work toward delivering business value?