I've had people apologize to me for trying to make me do one. The interviewer was smart enough to realize that I was the senior in the room. I would have gotten that job but I declined it for another, more interesting one.
The mistake many companies make with attempting to hire senior developers is losing out on the opportunity to hire the good ones by assuming the candidate will fall on their knees to get the job and do the silly test and be subjected to some prolonged process. The better ones will simply not do that and lose interest the second you say "coding interview". They are only on the market for limited amount of time and all your competitors will be eager to hire them.
Hiring senior developers is mostly a sales job. You need to do your homework (i.e. read the CV, look at the Github) and really sell the notion how amazing it would be for the candidate to work for you and what a great fit they are. I speak from experience; having hired and built a few teams. If there's a lot of doubt after you did your homework, the interview needs to be about building a case that the candidate still has some redeeming features. If there isn't the interview needs to be about quickly confirming key points and then moving onto sales. If after all that you still doubt the person can code, then don't hire them.
