Thank you. I do think setting objective metrics would help. It wouldn't be hard to have a set of questions that we ask every candidate during the whiteboard p

Thank you. I do think setting objective metrics would help. It wouldn't be hard to have a set of questions that we ask every candidate during the whiteboard problems to check for understanding. It might not completely eliminate the subjectivity, but it will at least ensure that we are asking the same slate of questions to all and looking for specific areas of knowledge. I'm also thinking about a more traditional "code a solution to this" challenge where results can be easily checked against a test might be a good idea. It's useful to see how a candidate thinks, but if it opens up the possibility of bias then it may not be worth it.