Aside from being tech lead for my project I am also technical interviewer and I regularly interview candidates. Recently I have asked my HR if they could set u

Aside from being tech lead for my project I am also technical interviewer and I regularly interview candidates. Recently I have asked my HR if they could set up longer meetings with candidates because, honestly, 1.5h is in my opinion not enough to evaluate candidate. I would like to ask some technical questions, I would like to see the candidate write some code, I would like to have a discussion on general tech topics just to get the feel of the candidate. And also have time to respond to questions that the candidate may have. Usually it is the coderpad part that overflows and takes more time but it is also hugely helpful in understanding how candidate works and deals with problems. So the response from HR was that they "don't want to scare the candidate". And if I need, maybe they will set up follow up with the candidate "just don't tell the candidate upfront to not scare them". So that's that.