Universities should return to oral exams for a different reason, which is that it gives students interviewing practice and familiarity. Written exams do test yo

Universities should return to oral exams for a different reason, which is that it gives students interviewing practice and familiarity. Written exams do test your knowledge of a subject, but they aren't really how knowledge is assessed outside of school. For obvious reasons -- they're easy to cheat! People go through all of university, ace their exams, then go to get hired in their first job and faceplant the interview in spite of having the qualification. This is no surprise, they haven't ever needed to practice that skill!