I'm skeptical of this claim - I believe bad programmers could study for years and still not be able to fake their way through an algorithmic interview administe

I'm skeptical of this claim - I believe bad programmers could study for years and still not be able to fake their way through an algorithmic interview administered by a competent programmer, and lazy programmers are probably not going to put in the effort to game it. I agree it will reduce the number of applicants though.