This problem is too easy to weed out the good hackers from the bad. Solving it doesn't show that the coder is willing to go the extra mile for your company nor

This problem is too easy to weed out the good hackers from the bad. Solving it doesn't show that the coder is willing to go the extra mile for your company nor does it show that the coder is any good. It's just a waste of everyone's time. This company probably thought that since other companies have these types of hoops in place, they need to also have them in order to look legit.