[riddleronroof]

I bet you have. But how long did you have to solve it? Did you have access to the internet, talking out ideas with your colleagues, coffees? I agree that you can’t simulate real scenario in an interview, but you can also acknowledge that the process is a little cartoonish.

[caethan]

Interviewees are encouraged to use Google, code on a laptop rather than on a whiteboard, etc. Sadly, I only get an hour to interview people rather than a week. But I have had people complain about "completely unrealistic problems unrelated to the real work" when the problem is something I literally had to solve 3 months ago.

[jzoch]

To be fair, you could just give them the question ahead of time. Email them 3 days before their interview with the question and say see you soon. That is much closer to actual conditions

[EdwardDiego]

That sounds far more reasonable.