[pmmeyourjobs]

This is going to lead to: 1. Nepotism 2. People getting started in the industry are put at a disadvantage 3. Life will be even harder for minorities in tech.

[dconrad]

Quite the contrary. Informal interviews provide no real information and cause interviewers to fall-back to stereotyping and unconscious bias. Formal interviews, done right, provide real data.