When conducting interviews, I like to ask questions that are similar to coding problems I've actually faced. That said though, in general the coding interview

When conducting interviews, I like to ask questions that are similar to coding problems I've actually faced. That said though, in general the coding interview doesn't need to be directly related to work to be useful signal - in fact, to the extent that it's not similar to the interviewee's day to day work, it successfully measures the interviewee's ability to quickly pick up and excel at a new tech / framework / skill.