I've been in plenty of oral exams too, in Italy. That doesn't mean I ever enjoyed them or felt they did me justice. > Anyone not able to do it will not really

I've been in plenty of oral exams too, in Italy. That doesn't mean I ever enjoyed them or felt they did me justice. > Anyone not able to do it will not really be able to pass any interview, persuade peers that their idea is good, etc. I strongly disagree there. Orals are a situation of complete knowledge and power imbalance between two parties. That is not the case when it comes to persuasion. As for interviews - yeah, they are similar, and that's why interviews also are seen as very problematic. A lot of people who can be perfectly productive in day-to-day situations, simply don't do well in interviews. We should be striving to correct that, not accept it as inevitable.