Why is it a waste of time if it gets you the job? The answer is "trivially easy" so it shouldn't take you long to waste your time on. I'd wager that you spent a

Why is it a waste of time if it gets you the job? The answer is "trivially easy" so it shouldn't take you long to waste your time on. I'd wager that you spent at least twice as much time writing up your response to this article than it would take to answer such an interview question. What's the true waste of time here?