Passing coding interviews is a skill that's different from the skills you need to be successful at (most) programming jobs, but if you've got the skills to be g

Passing coding interviews is a skill that's different from the skills you need to be successful at (most) programming jobs, but if you've got the skills to be good at most programming jobs, you can get good at passing coding interviews if you put the time in. So yeah, it's a somewhat arbitrary filter, but one that should be surmountable if you put the time and effort in to it. From the interviewer side, I've definitely encountered candidates who don't seem to know how to write software, so yeah, you have to filter with _something_. I'm not sure there are any great solutions that work for both sides of the table, but at least if you know how the game is played, you can optimize your performance for it.