[kevinmobrien]

Interviewing is subjective. It’s about sitting down in a specific context and extrapolating, based on incomplete information, about a future set of conditions that will likely change when time catches up to them.

If we can start with the idea that interviews are a very blunt instrument, the process becomes at least somewhat compressible: it selects for people who recognize the parameters and perform well within that context. At best, that pattern-matches to success. At worst, it filters out talented folks who don’t interview well, but could code well.