The "I just want to see how you think" line was always BS. Like they can actually tell. The people using these questions just want some magical button to push

The "I just want to see how you think" line was always BS. Like they can actually tell. The people using these questions just want some magical button to push that supposedly will tell them whether you're "good" or not -- without them having to think about the objective merits of your abilities and experience or how it fits into the job description, or any of that fuzzy, messy stuff.