[mping]

I'd just like to add that is easier to compare candidates using algorithm challenges (you can check if the candidate reached the optimal solution, how long it took and so on).

I dislike this kind of interviewing because you miss the chance of hiring people that are different from your regular hires, but hey the FAANGs are doing great so who am I to criticize.

[clarry]

> I'd just like to add that is easier to compare candidates

But you might just be comparing one's ability to feign smarts versus another's ability to work out a problem from first principles. Comparing apples to oranges might be easy but the results may or may not be that useful.

This remains one of my favorite ancedotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17106291