Why would the airport managers [edit: I mean immigration officers] be able to find engineers who can devise good tests? Why would they be able to find the right people to verify the tests on?
IMO companies have a hard time finding talented software developers. I'd expect the airport managers [edit: immigration officers] to find not-very-competent people who come up with the very wrong tests.
Internet connectivity means they only need one person on duty at the central office. If this weren't immigration law enforcement, they could even outsource it. :-)
I suppose they could hand out iPads while we're on line and have us complete HackerRank exams. So if someone is a plumber, would they provide a set of pipes to connect? What about a heart surgeon? That might get messy...
That's a good point. They could have an office with people on duty that remote-interviews everyone about all different kinds of jobs. Not saying it'd work well (no idea if it would), but I do think it'd work (a lot?) better than the scenario I first imagined.
IMO companies have a hard time finding talented software developers. I'd expect the airport managers [edit: immigration officers] to find not-very-competent people who come up with the very wrong tests.