It might be flawed in terms of filtering out the type of person that does not do well in live pairing scenarios. But I disagree it's _equally_ flawed. The time

It might be flawed in terms of filtering out the type of person that does not do well in live pairing scenarios. But I disagree it's _equally_ flawed. The time investment from a candidate is significantly smaller at the cost of more time investment from the employer's side (aka my side). Personally I consider this a reasonable trade-off.