Do they really expect people to solve 8 queens in under 45 minutes? Even if you already know how to approach the problem, writing out the code to do it would ta

Do they really expect people to solve 8 queens in under 45 minutes? Even if you already know how to approach the problem, writing out the code to do it would take most of that time it seems like. Maybe they were trying to ascertain something else about their candidates. Like how they approach problem-solving in general?