Most interviews test whether a candidate can write code from scratch. Real engineering is mostly reading, diagnosing, and fixing code you did not write. Here is how to interview for that.
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Reviewing a take-home is easy to do badly. Some things that look like problems are noise, and some real warning signs are quiet. Here is how to tell them apart.
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Reference checks are a ritual that filters almost nothing. Candidates pick their references, and nobody says anything risky. Here is a signal that actually holds up.
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Without a rubric, "strong hire" means whatever the interviewer felt that day. Here is how to build a scoring rubric that makes technical interviews consistent, fair, and defensible.
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