I have spoken about this to many SEs who are senior enough to conduct interviews in their companies. I ask them, what do you intend to get out of such interview

I have spoken about this to many SEs who are senior enough to conduct interviews in their companies. I ask them, what do you intend to get out of such interview process. Their response: 1) Evaluate how to think about a problem 2) Evaluate their approach to a problem 3) Evaluate how to solve by asking questions So, most of these interviews, an experienced Software Engineer dons the hat of a psychologist (without having any qualification/experience of a psychologist) and evaluates an interviewee. How sad is that? Whats worse? I know a few who prepare to interview a candidate by going through "how to crack the coding interview"! I'm only glad that there are quite a few in my circle who believe in giving a problem they have faced at work, to a candidate, and ask the candidate to solve, using the same tools they use, with the laptop hooked to a projector. Interviews where I have done this as a candidate, I feel are more respectful of the candidate. Many of those who love the "let me be an unqualified psychologist today" interviewing style disagree with my opinion. So do I, with their's.