I always thought the point of the coding interview was to promote a meritocracy, if you can do the job then you can have it. Fuck your "credentials" and the class you were born in, just be able to perform the job.
Now they very much care about your credentials and the way you got those credentials, but also jump through these extra hoops. No doctor, lawyer, nurse, etc is asked to do this asinine shit in their interviews (and yes, an RN in the bay area can bring in 200k/year...I know some).
What started out as a great idea has turned into an even more employer-centric way to sort the working class.
Now they very much care about your credentials and the way you got those credentials, but also jump through these extra hoops. No doctor, lawyer, nurse, etc is asked to do this asinine shit in their interviews (and yes, an RN in the bay area can bring in 200k/year...I know some).
What started out as a great idea has turned into an even more employer-centric way to sort the working class.