Allied Health Media interview questions

Thirty minute phone interview with HR director followed by a ninety minute phone interview with Development Manager (requires doing some code while on the phone with him on a screen share session). Followed by 24-hour timed take home code test (described below). I found it to be a frustrating waste of time to give the code test after the interviews. I wouldn't have minded doing the 30 min interview prior to the take home test, but the 90 min one seemed like a giant waste of time just to be rejected by not passing the code test. When I hire people I always make them do the test first because honestly, that is what they live or die by, why bother grilling someone for 90 minutes if you don't even know whether they are competent at the level you are looking for.