Yup, exactly this. Which is why when we hire, we try to at least get hold of code written by the interviewee and preferrably make him/her come over for a day or

Yup, exactly this. Which is why when we hire, we try to at least get hold of code written by the interviewee and preferrably make him/her come over for a day or so and have him/her do some programming. Much more valueable than 90 minutes of putting someone under some stres-test which doesn't resemble an actual job at all. I read similar things on other comments here so hopefully there's a shift going on. Especially because I would fail terribly at standard interviews as well :]