In small companies or startups I have come to believe the quality and objectivity of the interview is a fair reflection of the maturity of the thought leaders a

In small companies or startups I have come to believe the quality and objectivity of the interview is a fair reflection of the maturity of the thought leaders at the company. I then use that assessment as a primary indicator to drop out. As someone who has a current stable employment I have the freedom and flexibility to fail at numerous interviews with only minor frustration of time wasted. If I were out of a job and a bit more desperate I would just lie through my teeth on all elements that of a job interview except education and employment history like a super brown-nose narcissist. Since most all programming interviews are maximally subjective intentionally injected bias goes both ways and is easily applied.