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.

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

To reduce noise in interviews, it's crucial to define what skills matter for your company, as interviewers may fail candidates based on irrelevant criteria.

To improve the hiring process, companies should ensure that all candidates are asked the same questions and evaluated consistently, which is more important than the specific questions asked.

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.

Be aware of the false negative rate in interviews, as many candidates who fail may still be capable of performing well in the job. You want to provide a positive experience for candidates during the interview process, regardless of the company's size.

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.

The technical interview process is flawed; it focuses on memorizing riddles rather than assessing real job skills.

Our interview process includes giving candidates messy data sets to analyze, assessing their ability to identify and address underlying assumptions in the data.