[travisjungroth]

> ”does this person have a clear and sound thought process?”

I agree that this would be a great question to answer, but I doubt it would be possible to answer at scale. I don’t trust people to give a thumbs up or down on how someone else thinks. It’s also so open to interpretation and that leaves lots of room for implicit bias. He was quickly considering all the variables. She was scatterbrained.

One alternative, focusing entirely on the code written during the interview, is much more concrete. It’s open to preparation (here’s what good and bad solutions look like) and group discussion after the fact. And it’s actually in the professional skill set (judging code) versus doing an amateur job of judging other people’s thoughts.