With how often this topic shows up I'm surprised HN hasn't banned it. There are lots of suggestions on how to better evaluate a candidate, but they are either

With how often this topic shows up I'm surprised HN hasn't banned it. There are lots of suggestions on how to better evaluate a candidate, but they are either not true or involve needing the person to dedicate an enormous amount of time for the interview, which most people would not agree it. Coding exercises are a "least-worst" scenario in terms of evaluation versus time-spent interviewing and companies know that.