No engineer passes all their interviews, highlighting the inconsistency and noise in the interview process.

Candidates who answer questions easily tend to be better engineers, but there are also false negatives where great engineers may struggle with questions.

Companies typically make offers to only 2-8% of all engineers who apply, with significant variation in where candidates drop off in the hiring process.

Engineering interviewing is a field where many common beliefs are misleading; for instance, evaluating past work does not predict job performance as effectively as practical programming assignments.

Interviews are the worst way to evaluate engineers, except for all the other options available, so it's essential to make the interview process as accurate as possible.

The top few percent of programmers receive job offers after most interviews, while the majority receive offers after only 15-30% of their interviews.

Most companies think they are trying to hire good engineers, but their definitions of a good engineer vary significantly, leading to noise in the hiring process.

There's a huge amount of noise in the interview process; candidates who do well at one company may fail at another, and the agreement between interviewers can be as low as that of movie reviewers.

To screen and evaluate engineers effectively, leverage your experience and insights gained from interviewing candidates.