I generally find that if you go to any top-tier school to hire, everyone there passes the intelligence threshold (See "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell). Once that

I generally find that if you go to any top-tier school to hire, everyone there passes the intelligence threshold (See "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell). Once that's established, it's more important to make sure the person has the right personality for the job and his qualities fit the culture of the company. Doing bad on a coding interview could be a result of a host of issues, none which may be due to lack of coding. Personally, I find that the more technical the interview process, the more dry the place is to work at.