Given how much of software development itself is often little more than cargo culting w/ strong doses of guess & check stirred in, I suppose it makes sense that

Given how much of software development itself is often little more than cargo culting w/ strong doses of guess & check stirred in, I suppose it makes sense that hiring/interview practices would mirror that, but it's still depressing everytime I come across stories like this one. It doesn't have to be like this. I don't hire people this way because I've never seen it produce good results, and I have to hire esoteric skillsets for a challenging problem, and without the time or budget that will forgive making bad hires.