Senior dev here, yes these tests are pretty useless for experienced hires. They only test a fraction of the skills a senior dev should have. Senior developers d

Senior dev here, yes these tests are pretty useless for experienced hires. They only test a fraction of the skills a senior dev should have. Senior developers don't work on problems that can be defined in a paragraph, coded and finished in a few hours. Their projects will often involve a very large, complex, aging system sometimes with documentation and tests. They are given assignments immediately, have to dig into code and data with little help or supervision. Find the spot in these million lines of code where I can add 10 more lines. Their experience allows them to learn large code bases, manage risk, fill gaps in knowledge, proactively communicate with others and much more. For interviews I've done code or design walkthroughs with the candidate. Have them open up their code and talk about it. And also I'll show some of our code, and have them read and explain it. Lots of good questions and discussion will come out of it.