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Have at least three original repos where PHP is the dominant language
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Have at least one original repos where PHP is the dominant language
I think the issue is a confusion or a misunderstanding of the goal/purpose of a coding interview. Coding interviews are useless to determine if someone can code, especially if the questions have to do with language specifics, etc. As others have mentioned, look at their github or other public repos, or ask for code samples.
However, coding interviews are useful to see how candidates thing critically and how they communicate. Assuming the interviewer knows this, then the horse track question isn't bullshit, it's a sorting problem. Given 25 values, find the 3 highest with a constraint of only being able to compare 5 at a time (for reference, bubble sort is 2 at a time). The "correct" answer isn't the actual solution, it's being able to communicate that you understand the problem and communicate your thoughts as you consider solutions.