[Rustwerks]

I tried this and found that there are a set of potentially good candidates who simply cannot bring themselves to criticize anything in front of an interviewer due to the power dynamics of the interviewer/interviewee relationship.

[__turbobrew__]

Those are the same people who will know the project is heading off a cliff and not tell you before it is too late.

[CharlieDigital]

You have to set them up for it.

    "Imagine that this code was written by a junior dev; review it and tell me how it can be improved, where the problems are, and other feedback".

Or

    "We just hired a new intern and he pushed this PR.  I need you to help me review this code for issues and make sure it's production ready".

[whimsicalism]

i would argue that isn’t a good trait in an employee either