Of course there are. I've hired a person once because I had known him 20 years ago and he knew his skills were top notch. (And to be clear, we haven't been in t

Of course there are. I've hired a person once because I had known him 20 years ago and he knew his skills were top notch. (And to be clear, we haven't been in touch for many years since.) But I don't know that many people. Properly conducted live coding is the least worst alternative out there for complete strangers.