Decide what evidence you need from an interview and make the interviewer responsible for gathering it.
What to look for
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Use exercises that reveal how candidates reason and implement.
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Prepare the interview rather than improvising unrelated questions.
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Document the evidence behind the hiring recommendation.
Keep in mind
A 2006 opinion piece with prescriptive interview counts and dated framing. Do not copy its veto rules or “superstar” language as a modern rubric.
Try this next
Take one existing interview question and name the job skill it measures, what a good answer demonstrates, and the support candidates may use.
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