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If that worked, why would tech companies still have in-depth technical interviews?

• wizzwizz4 2y ago
  Most interview processes are for making decision-makers feel better, not for finding the best candidate. Very few companies use interviews with a theoretical basis, let alone an evidential basis.
  • drewcoo 2y ago
    And most decisions of any kind are made emotionally, then explained with post hoc rationalizations. To magically seem logical and objective, you can withhold your decision until you've explained the rationalizations. Consider also the typical engineering "which thing should we buy" matrix, which is often thinly masked biases of the author and arguing points against other views from the team. Consider also the rationalizations in design docs ("why we should make it like this") that barely seem to cover up the designer's favorite methods and tools that are actually driving things. We spend a lot of time/energy trying to seem logical when we're fundamentally not.