> I ask job applicant to cut up and code a PSD You judge job applicants by their willingness to jump through boring scut work hoops in the hope of getting a j

> I ask job applicant to cut up and code a PSD You judge job applicants by their willingness to jump through boring scut work hoops in the hope of getting a job? I don't know what you're optimising for there, but it certainly isn't programming talent. I've known a few C-class bumblers who would probably do that for a job interview. The number of grade-A talented engineers, the people I would want to hire, who would put themselves through some pointless, arbitrary slog just to impress you with their "eagerness"? Precisely zero.