In ~40 years as an engineer, through 8 jobs and ~30 interviews, I don't recall that I have ever had a timed coding interview. (I mean, I've had "take 5 minutes

In ~40 years as an engineer, through 8 jobs and ~30 interviews, I don't recall that I have ever had a timed coding interview. (I mean, I've had "take 5 minutes and look at this code and tell us what it will do", which was not difficult enough to put me under any time pressure, so I'm not sure that it counts.) If I had one... I'd probably do it, rather than refuse. Why not? But I might also consider it in my evaluation of the company. (Remember that you're interviewing them, too...)