Agreed. As a hiring manager, I’ve also explicitly, purposely come up with coding questions that reflect normal work: call APIs & issues, sync data issues, model

Agreed. As a hiring manager, I’ve also explicitly, purposely come up with coding questions that reflect normal work: call APIs & issues, sync data issues, model data for usable systems. The hires, then, focus on the right customer problems and don’t spin on creating random, useless code. Everyone from mgmt to ICs, technical and non-technical, are happier.