Not being from the USA this has been an interesting and a bit shocking read. To me this approach to job interviewing seems overly paranoid, suspicious, and akin

Not being from the USA this has been an interesting and a bit shocking read. To me this approach to job interviewing seems overly paranoid, suspicious, and akin to harassment. Also asking random general riddles that are not specifically related to the specific job function in question seems so weird that if I was the Interviewee I would seriously reconsider if such a company would be worth working for at all as disrespect like this in the interview process would likely be reflected in overall company culture. Disclosure: I do not even know if the title "Software Engineer" in the USA requires a formal education as such. I do not hold that title myself, I've just been working in IT for three-plus decades and provided net positive bottom line value to every firm I've worked for along the way. Most, if not all, of the "idiot-filter questions" (note the tone?) in this thread, I've seen for the first time today.