I agree that the predictive power of jeopardy-style interview questions has collapsed. However, I think it’s still quite predictive to ask more design-oriented

I agree that the predictive power of jeopardy-style interview questions has collapsed. However, I think it’s still quite predictive to ask more design-oriented and less algorithm-oriented questions, especially if there is some leeway for creative choice. It’s also relatively easy to detect people who have simply heard and memorized the question, since when you ask them for extemporaneous expansion on some aspect of the question, they usually fall apart.