Making a case against those textbook and mundane interviews. If you ask me the high stress technical interview process isn’t demonstrating anything but a hostile work environment.
John Montgomery from Microsoft shares insight into their process
…we were still asking the same interview questions we’d asked for the last decade or more. The questions didn’t make sense when we were trying to find people who’d bring different skills and viewpoints into the team.
Rethinking how we interview in Microsoft’s Developer Division
Interviews should bring great people into the team, to make sure they’re a fit and will succeed, and to create a great experience for them so they want to join. Most interview processes don’t.
John Montgomery