Only one or two of those interview descriptions mention anything like the bullshit tech trivia this thread is about. Most describe take-home problems, extended design conversations, and technical sessions that are more like extended conversations.<p>You seem to infer that the phrase &quot;just hire them&quot; means you do absolutely zero interviewing, which was not my intention.<p>When I said &quot;just hire them&quot; I meant &quot;do some obvious stuff, like talk about their experience, ask a high-level question and expect a discussiony answer, not short, commoditized trivia, and if based on that stuff it seems reasonable, then just hire them and don&#x27;t obsess over cramming more dumb trivia filters into the process.&quot;<p>I took it for granted that everyone reading this would understand that basic interview (e.g. talk to someone, ask about their resume items, have a discussion) is always necessary.<p>The &quot;just hire them&quot; part is meant to say that people should not get stuck up their own ass with trying to put together a ridiculous number of commodity filters up front before getting to that conversation stage, and that the conversation stage should function more like a rolling basis hire than like a process in which you tediously examine every candidate first, then go back and eliminate and re-interview, etc.<p>I think the Netflix process fits what I&#x27;m saying very well.