Can we just stop doing performative technical interviews already? The only other industry that does interviews the way we do them for senior people is the performing arts and performing is right in the name.

The engineers I’ve worked with who’ve caused the most damage by far, have have been technical tornadoes who did fine in interviews.

I’ve never seen any damage caused by someone who slipped through the cracks without being able to code at all (and I’ve worked with people like that).

I think we’d be much better off if we just fired people who outright lie about their ability to code and spent more time digging into previous employment history, talking though projects, and talking to old coworkers.