The real reason there are these coding things: A) SWEs are shit behavioral interviewers in any other way. You are not about to chnage that even if you are goog

The real reason there are these coding things: A) SWEs are shit behavioral interviewers in any other way. You are not about to chnage that even if you are google. B) It is crucial that newcomers be hired by their peers and by their direct manager. This has solid research. People hate it when they get an hire and they hadn't a meaningful part in the decision... The new hire is more likely to fail. A+B means it is better to have a terrible process lead by SWEs (e.g. coding interviews), than a good one lead by professional recruiters (which will fail, no matter their capabilities and methodology) (and yes, I do believe that without considering A, some non technical recuiters trained at workplace psychology will have a much better success rate without needing any technical interview. They will need someone technical to have a talk with the candidate, but definitely not to ask leetcode etc).