Code Challenges: is becoming the normal trend nowdays?

[Old Greg]

Compared to a code challenge, changing your LinkedIn status for a couple of days is starting to look like a piece of cake.

[tpsman]

I'm feeling like a total chump for doing one of these. It had been a couple of months since I had done any coding, so I was partially happy to do it, but I should've insisted on a 30 minute telephone interview first, rather than waste a whole day of my time on a role I'm not that interested in.