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Discussion: How effective are Stress interviews?

A stress interview is an interview in which the interviewer tries to discomfort the candidate in different ways by observing how he reacts to different situations. It is often based on real, practical, unavoidable realities of a job. It is considered as a test of the jobseeker's behaviour, logic and emotional control under pressure.

Typical "Stress Interview Questions" are for example:

If you caught a colleague cheating on his expenses, what would you do?
How do you feel this interview is going?
Well, if that's the best answer you can give ... (the interviewer shakes his head) Okay, what about this one ...?"
I don't feel like we're getting to the heart of the matter here. Start again - tell me what really makes you tick.
I find it difficult to believe, that you were responsible for as large a program as you claim here on your resume. Why don't you just tell me what you really did?
I am sure you are hiding something from me. Are you sure you did not get sacked from your previous job?
Is that all you can come up with? Let's move on.
How do you like me so far?
This job is too difficult for you. You are more suited to lower functions.
I don't think you will fit this position.
You don't know anything, so I am not sure how you completed your studies.

I would say that putting a candidate "on the job" for an entire day and see how he would perform during that time would give me - as an interviewer - a better idea as to how he would manage certain situations when being under pressure. But what do you think? Please share your thoughts and/or experiences. Thanks.