I guess my assumption is that measuring cognitive ability is better than specific skills. The algo interviews, when done well, do that better than interviews fo

I guess my assumption is that measuring cognitive ability is better than specific skills. The algo interviews, when done well, do that better than interviews focused on experience. There are of course a lot of caveats - experienced candidates should be treated differently from entry level. It’s also true that, e.g. Google has a weird fetish about dynamic programming questions and other problems that people are unlikely to figure out without having taken a class in them. On the other hand, take home assignments take up time and room you might not have. It’s easier to do those when you’re a man in a developed country than, e.g. a single mother in Alabama. So its basic, I think algo interviews are a good way to hire junior level engineers.