> I've never understood why techie interviews aren't simply replaced with the sort of discussions programmer co-workers have amongst themselves daily.
Because of an attempt to standardize the questions so as to rank candidates based on their answers? Notice how many times the word bias pops up in articles complaining about the interview process? Bias this and bias that? Well, having a freeform chat with a candidate is just inviting bias.
Because of an attempt to standardize the questions so as to rank candidates based on their answers? Notice how many times the word bias pops up in articles complaining about the interview process? Bias this and bias that? Well, having a freeform chat with a candidate is just inviting bias.