[jsjohnst]

While I can’t recommend a specific book off hand, I’d suggest looking into books in the realm of profiling. Technics I’ve read in that area made the biggest improvement in my overall ability to interview engineering candidates.

[Ozzie_osman]

Me and over a dozen other contributors are working on a Guide [1] to Technical Hiring and Recruiting that's due out this fall (published by Holloway). Alex Allain (author of this blog post) is actually a contributing author and wrote our section on interviewing. If you're curious enough, and willing to spend time reviewing an early draft and giving feedback, please use the contact us link on Holloway.com.

[1] https://www.holloway.com/g/technical-recruiting-hiring/about

[wool_gather]

Could you be more specific about the kind of profiling you mean? My assumption is software performance profiling, but I'm not sure if that makes sense. The other kind that occurs to me is law enforcement profiling, but that makes even less sense to me. I think there's a use of the word that I'm missing to understand your comment.