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by enraged_camel 4743 days ago
No. If you want a test to accurately predict the candidate's job performance, it needs to be a work sample test that represents and is similar to the types of problems the candidate will be solving at that job.

In other words, unless the job is literally about finding creative ways to implement linked lists, then it is near worthless as an interview question. (I say "near worthless" because there is some value in seeing how candidates respond when given questions that are obviously nonsensical or just outright dumb.)