[angarg12]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I think most candidates don't hate scripter interviews, they hate robotic interviewers that go mindlessly through a checklist.

When I train interviewers my advice is: have a script, but be happy to go off it. If interviewers keep an authentically engaged conversation, the questions will blend into the background.

Scripts helps in several fronts. They help to reduce bias, standardise calibration and practices between teams, and provide a fallback to get the interview on track. However good interviewers should keep a living conversation with candidates, and take interesting cues off script.