I hate these kind of interview questions. Honestly, at least for my field (remote software engineering); the most important skill is communication (software is complex and not being there in person means you gotta communicate frequently but effectively across many channels). So, for my hires I’ve made sure they a.) haven’t bullshitted their resume and b.) can communicate to me a project they worked on, challenges they faced, how they overcame the challenges, etc.

Whether someone can come up with an on the spot clever answer to a manhole cover style problem is mostly a luck based thing; I’d rather have a very high level discussion about actual projects someone’s executed.