Yeah, I can see why too, since almost all software is written with a literal ticking time bomb ready to go off if you don't finish it within a certain minute.

This is, of course, sarcasm. Timed programming interview tests are fucking dumb.

I mean, if an employer gives someone a take home test that they expect to take 3 hours and they give them a week to do it, that's reasonable if technically "timed"; but if an employer gives someone a take home test that they expect to take 3 hours and they actually give them 3 hours to do it, that employer sucks at hiring programmers. I won't even bother debating this with the inevitable person who chimes in to rationalize why they do this, because as far as I'm concerned it is a "the sky is blue" statement and any time debating it with people who disagree with this position is completely wasted.