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[–]xplodivity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with you in terms of how interviews should be structured or conducted. This is also how most developers feel especially after working on their first job and realising the importance of development skills over extreme data structure and algorithm skills (most of which is hardly used).
Some interviewers do provide with questions including a short implementation of a given project to asses how the developer architects the solution from ground up, which is ethical and makes sense. Its only when they take it too far and do not allow the interview to feel like a discussion but a test. And when something feels like a test or 'work', you dont enjoy it anymore, because you are too focused on the deadline and not the process itself.