[CobrastanJorji]

> Companies may deem these acceptable concessions relative to having a consistent and un-biased process....

YES! Yes, exactly. A consistent and unbiased process that reliably weeds out people who is very bad at programming is incredibly useful. I'm not convinced live coding interviews are either of those things, but assuming they are, they are absolutely worth the listed downsides. Do they filter out lots of great programmers along with the bad applicants? Yes, totally, and that's a major waste. But all of the listed alternatives are less reliable, less consistent, slower, and friendlier to cheating.

I would love to eliminate live coding interviews where I work. I hate the things. But I have never encountered a mostly consistent and kinda objective solution that compares. I was hopeful that the essay was leading to a proposal for one and disappointed once again at its lack. Please, someone tell me what the giant tech companies should use instead, and I will gladly throw these "please reverse this linked list" interviews into the trash.