I use basically the same process, but use a very simple programming problem at the end - simple, but amenable to discussing optimization and edge cases. I let t

I use basically the same process, but use a very simple programming problem at the end - simple, but amenable to discussing optimization and edge cases. I let the candidate choose the language (or just use pseudo code) and don't care at all about the syntax. I find that this is very useful especially when interviewing juniors who don't have many projects under their belt for the first part. It's also useful when a candidate has good verbalisation skills, but poor programming ones (which happens).