> So, instead, we have an hour-long technical discussion where I ask them questions about web vitals, accessibility, the browser wars, and other similar topics

> So, instead, we have an hour-long technical discussion where I ask them questions about web vitals, accessibility, the browser wars, and other similar topics about the web. I'd dramatically prefer a good programmer that needs to learn something new over a poor programmer applying the knowledge they already have. I've never come across a perfect interview question, but the goal should be to focus more on problem solving than knowledge. I've been out of web development for a while so the article was an interesting review/update, though.