I dunno - if you look at the data, there are fairly clear clusters of people who are 'probably good' and 'probably not so good'.
'Programming' is necessary but not sufficient for product engineering and that is what most of these interviews are trying to tease out. Good companies will balance out 'programming' with other rounds like 'technical design' or 'pair programming' or even non-technical rounds with business analysts or product to gauge general ability.
'Programming' is necessary but not sufficient for product engineering and that is what most of these interviews are trying to tease out. Good companies will balance out 'programming' with other rounds like 'technical design' or 'pair programming' or even non-technical rounds with business analysts or product to gauge general ability.