You made my point much more succinctly than I. Mainly, this type of candidate testing tells you very little (positively or negatively) whether they're strong d

You made my point much more succinctly than I. Mainly, this type of candidate testing tells you very little (positively or negatively) whether they're strong developers. Consider an OS developer - the person may have never EVER been exposed to SQL beyond "select * from table" but is probably superior to any candidate that may ace this little SQL test. Mrs. OS developer can learn any amount of SQL syntax (and deep understanding of it as @joshyeager points out) within weeks of being hired.