I'm pretty sure an overarching focus on task realism fixes most interviewing woes, including this one.
There's a cultural obsession in this industry with testing things that supposedly correlate (usually poorly) with ability to do the tasks we actually want people to do and not the actual task itself.
I think it's probably rooted in goocargle culting.
> I'm pretty sure an overarching focus on task realism fixes most interviewing woes, including this one.
This can turn out pretty badly too. I was rejected by a company, apparently because I couldn't figure out the solutions to some problems they've been struggling with for years. I tried to guess, but either I didn't have enough context, or simply they didn't like my suggestions. The whole thing was very odd.
There's a cultural obsession in this industry with testing things that supposedly correlate (usually poorly) with ability to do the tasks we actually want people to do and not the actual task itself.
I think it's probably rooted in goocargle culting.