[plasticchris]

I’ve seen it fail, having tried it for a few years. There’s a type that passes this no problem but isn’t productive.

I switched to a battery of knowledge questions centered on the type of programmer I was looking for, it works much better and is even predictive of coding ability as it helps you learn this stuff.

[epolanski]

There's not much ways you can spot a skilled but unproductive BSer from interviews.