[bityard]

To play devil's advocate: There are many more applicants for tech jobs than there are tech jobs available. When you are drowning in applications for a particular role, anything you can do to slim down the pool to only those who are actually interested is going to be a win.

And I know this is going to sound glib, but it sounds like it worked...

[Our_Benefactors]

And to play devils-devils-advocate (angels advocate?), these kind of “now dance for me monkey” tests filter more for desperation than enthusiasm.