[falsedan]

> I doubt there is a very high number of fraudulent applicants to companies

The payoff is a $100,000 salary that you can collect for a month or two, of course there are fraudulent applications.

> If someone's been a developer for three years (and didn't get fired for incompetence), then they probably know how to code

I've worked with very capable Ph.Ds with wonderful problem-solving & analytical skills who would write the worst code, and were the worst at accepting feedback because of their extremely visible and objective achievements allowed them to believe they didn't need to improve their coding skills (which had already gotten them so far)