Welders, millwrights, machinists, carpenters, lots of trades have qualifying interviews. I’ve taken written exams in interviews for machining and welding as well as hands on show me parts.

Not that I agree with absurd interview process of software development but they often see themselves more akin to attorneys than tradesmen. The difference being attorneys have to pass a bar exam and even trades have journeyman cards to provide credibility.

Software development has none of that. Real engineering has PE licenses but how do you achieve that in such a broadly scoped field of software development?

We either play the interview game or find a way around it.