I'll just note that there's a lot of non-tech industry-specific science around behavioral and structured interviews, including large meta-studies, and they pret

I'll just note that there's a lot of non-tech industry-specific science around behavioral and structured interviews, including large meta-studies, and they pretty universally show that structured interviews, including a mix of behavioral and functional competency questions, have some of the best correlation with positive on the job performance. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0021-9010.86.5.897 https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0021-9010.8... https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-10661-006 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-10661-006 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/peps.12052 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/peps.12052 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38092551_What_You_See_May_Not_Be_What_You_Get_Relationships_Among_Self-Presentation_Tactics_and_Ratings_of_Interview_and_Job_Performance https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38092551_What_You_S... I've got no doubt there are companies doing these things poorly, but the fundamental idea that this class of interview is bad just doesn't align with the research.