On: How Effective are Technical Interviews?

[michaelcampbell]

I haven't found them to be particularly useful except as a level 0 filter - you can get rid of some very shoddy people early, but finding the actual gems they do very little (in my experience, anway).

I don't know who started this practice but it seems a lot of interviews recently are the brainteaser type; how many ping pong balls fit into a 1974 Super Beetle (hardtop), etc. Those are the worst.