[eesmith]

> unintentional strawman against demonstrating any kind of coding during an interview process

I don't think that's a fair statement. One of the alternatives, take-home coding exercises (with possible live call afterward), is a kind of "coding during the interview process", yes?

The essay more specifically concerns a certain specific type of coding evaluation, with live evaluator who is unknown to you, in a setup which inhibits many normal problem-solving techniques (pacing, drawing notes, thinking silently for 10 minutes, etc.)

> It can literally be a simple task that one would expect any working software developer to be able to complete without too much fuss.

I think the two of you are in agreement even for that point. That is, the author seems to agree, writing "They likely do a great job filtering out people who are incapable of programming".