[rafinha]

I have mixed feelings concerning this methodology. At the same time I feel I'm a bit rust on the details of the field, I still believe best way to assess academic background is by sending a paper "offline" and asking the interviewee to explain it. IMO all these quick-answer questions asses is how prepared is the interviewee in answering quick-answer questions.

[Xcelerate]

Agreed. I have horrible short term memory but these questions are trivial as a "homework" type assignment. Plus, for my current data scientist role, the interview consisted of me bringing in a project I had worked on (actual code) and demonstrating how it worked. I much prefer that tactic. I think it gives you greater insight into the candidate.

[gaius]

bringing in a project I had worked on (actual code

I don't think commercial confidentiality makes that a viable generic method...

[Xcelerate]

Should have clarirified. This was right out of grad school—so code for my research.