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For me, if you can't do the intro to CS stuff and write simple programs in an interview, that serves as a proxy that you can't do the advanced CS stuff and write complex programs on the job.

There are many many candidates who make it to the phone screen who can't Fizzbuzz. Also it can be difficult to separate out people who actually did significant work on a product on their resume from people who were just "on the team" and didn't contribute effectively.

Time is limited and resumes are full of lies and BS. But you can't BS your way through a program and make it run.