[RandallBrown]

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

Unfortunately this varies dramatically from person to person during a high pressure interview.

I interviewed a very senior developer once that actually used to be my current manager's boss. The coding question was pretty simple and most people didn't struggle too much with it. He BOMBED it. Like, you could have taken someone with 30 minutes of coding experience and they would have gotten as far as he did.

It was also very obvious he was just incredibly nervous so I put him through to the next round anyway. We hired him and he was great.