IMO the best way to interview a software candidate is just to get them talking about the stuff on their resume. Ask for overviews, diagrams, justifications, etc

IMO the best way to interview a software candidate is just to get them talking about the stuff on their resume. Ask for overviews, diagrams, justifications, etc, etc. If you really know something you will have a very clear mental model of it and be able to discuss it fluently. Leetcode challenges are a waste of everyone's time. If you are a competent developer then you can google for algorithmic solutions if you really need to, but honestly how often does the need come up, and is googling for suggestions really the hardest part of the project ?! The only thing that doing well on these type of problems proves is that you've been willing to put the practice time in to get good at them.