[Shaanie]

The problem with talking about previous projects is that it can be hard to tell whether the candidate was an important contributor to the project or just a subpar developer making the changes (s)he's told to do by more knowledgeable teammates. A candidate which is charismatic and good at talking can be quite convincing.

Provided code samples is good, but only if the candidate has written all the code themselves and isn't just passing off other's code on a project as their own.

When I was conducting interviews I was frequently surprised by just how bad some candidates with fancy titles and a decade of experience were at actually coding. And I mean things like a understanding a simple recursive function, integer division, inheritance and other core concepts. I would never hire someone without at least a brief code comprehension check nowadays.

[mixmastamyk]

The problem is you’d probably do just as poorly under the gun and away from your subject of expertise.