[jasonlotito]

Okay, allowing for that, nothing this class teaches does the job of allowing you to assess someone as a great software engineer either.

In fact, if you want to hire a great software engineer, you can't do that reliably with any of these interview techniques. If your interview can be studied for, you aren't going to fight great software engineers. At best, you can find someone who will do the job.

A mediocre software engineer.