This is a clever idea. First, every team has tons of code that a new-hire would see on day one. Might as well see how they perform! Second, this truly is an important skill. I've read hundreds of libraries, if not thousands, and being able to accept not just a coding style, but a thought style, and internalize it is essential. Yeah, the more I think about this, the more I wish I had thought of it when I was hiring!

I'm kinda jealous, I'd love to do code interviews again, but I haven't been a junior dev in ... /* checks notes / ... over three decades?!? cries in yaml*