I agree with others that these posts only have limited value perhaps to people who don't have a clue. For those of us who have done this lots, it doesn't really

I agree with others that these posts only have limited value perhaps to people who don't have a clue. For those of us who have done this lots, it doesn't really say much but it does allude to a common fallacy, that the interview itself is the most important part. Other things that are actually useful to consider (others have mentioned these too). 1) Your company culture is important for you to know; for you to codify and for you to communicate to your candidate. 2) In some companies, you will have tonnes of unsuitable applicants because of your brand, you should not optimise for people that aren't suitable - filter them asap 3) Your whole onboarding is a lot wider than just an interview. For many of us, we should be asking where/how we would expect to find our candidates and optimise those places. Do we visit hackathons? Is our recruitment page(s) clear and does it articulate what we want? 4) Your entire process needs to be like an interative development. Did you hire a bad person? What could you change to catch that in an interview? Wrong technical questions? Not enough about comms or culture? 5) In many cases, a company will hire someone that comes across well even if they don't necessarily tick the boxes so don't assume that you didn't get the job because you failed the whiteboard test, maybe you weren't as good as you thought? 6) Candidates need to think carefully about their approach to interviews, I would say more candidates than not seem almost entirely unprepared for normal interview questions and perhaps expect their ambience will get them the job! Study, swot up, never used owasp for web apps? Don't say that in an interview, spend 10 minutes learning about the top 10 and answer confidently. 7) Recruiters are in it for large commissions. They kind of care only in-as-much as getting a good reputation might help them but everything is second to money so don't expect them to place you well, don't expect them to sell you properly and if you get rejected, don't expect them to call you!