alt Hacker News> WTF is this hobby coding bullshit expectations?
I can empathize with your position if you are also against expecting candidates "prepare for the interview" by leet code grinding or "brush up on CS concepts".
Hobby coding is million times better than that crap.
At least leetcode is something somewhat standardized (algorithms don't change). Hobby coding is not, it's something subjective and varying between the interests of each candidates and often have nothing to do with a job.