"The real problem is that we don't have effective screens for employees. What is an hour-long interview going to tell you? Little. And you're going to have to d

"The real problem is that we don't have effective screens for employees. What is an hour-long interview going to tell you? Little. And you're going to have to do many of them." A friend of mine who is a dentist told me that he was looking to hire a new assistant, and that the usual procedure is to have them do a working interview. That is, they work a day in their intended position. I would find it hard to suggest a programmer do such an interview, but when you compare it to doing a dozen interviews over two or three days, for an hour or so each, in more contrived circumstances...