Sometimes. The potential employee is not always in a privileged position. I think with most new grads this is the case (some with significant relevant experienc

Sometimes. The potential employee is not always in a privileged position. I think with most new grads this is the case (some with significant relevant experience are excepted). If I were interviewing a new grad or someone that didn't have a recommendation (basically someone I didn't have any context for) and they asked me to solve a technical problem, I don't think I would do it. I would not want to waste what little time we had allotted trying to solve that. If we did want to make a good technical match I think it would be great to sit down and work on a low hanging fruit bug together.