The implied assumption here is that if you can figure out the number of anagrams that can be made from a given string in just 30 minutes, you probably are smart enough to set up a web server in a couple of days with documentation and ChatGPT to guide you.
While the above sounds sarcastic, honestly, it isn't as ridiculous of a thought as it sounds. I don't think being good at DS&A problems guarantees that you're a good coder, but in general, the people who get good at these problems are also great coders. I can think of less than a handful of people who are good at CS problems but bad at actual coding.
Alternative is that there are people who cannot do anagrams, who probably cannot follow a ChatGPT manual even if their life depended on it.
Since IT is paid very well, there are lots of people who try to lie their way to get the job. If you are someone on minimum wage, then why not try your luck - if they fire you after 2 months, you probably earned more in those 2 months than in whole year of your shit job.
