That's it. They are not really interested in getting the best (or competent) talent, they just need to follow a ritual. I mean, it's all explained better in t

That's it. They are not really interested in getting the best (or competent) talent, they just need to follow a ritual. I mean, it's all explained better in the article, but focusing on competence: if they don't measure the competence [of a senior software engineer] they will not hire a competent engineer. And I've seen plenty of senior engineers who can produce reams and reams of awful, unmaintaineable, and buggy code. And, I am sure, they all aced the whiteboarding.