I had a phone screen with Amazon where the interviewer asked me a coding problem (don't remember the problem). He had a text editor open and wanted me to tell

I had a phone screen with Amazon where the interviewer asked me a coding problem (don't remember the problem). He had a text editor open and wanted me to tell him exactly what to type, not pseudocode, the actual characters. If the program didn't compile and run, my answer was incorrect. I actually got it right, but it (along with the rest of the interview) was such an abnormal experience that it really turned my excitement level for Amazon off. I was called back to come in for face to face interviews, so I apparently passed the phone screen. I declined to continue pursuing Amazon after that experience and took a job with a different startup I was talking to. I'm also OK with coding questions, including on a whiteboard, but caring about exact, compilable syntax of code entered in a way you'd never do is worthless.