I've been in the industry for many years and I've never had to do this. Is it mostly an American thing? I had to do a coding test for the job I'm doing now but

I've been in the industry for many years and I've never had to do this. Is it mostly an American thing? I had to do a coding test for the job I'm doing now but it was a "take home" test and was directly related to the work I would be doing.