Not really - these kinds of interviews are about hiring &quot;People Like Us&quot;, i.e. recent college CS graduates who the interviewers like right off the bat (are they going to strongly recommend someone they don&#x27;t like). It discourages diversity, reinforces ageism, and creates a stagnation in the company doing the hiring.<p>I&#x27;ve seen this directly happen - the interviewers were two Asian and one White male, who came to this job as their first outside college. Looking over the engineering department, I saw, with one exception in fourty, young White or Asian males. The one exception was a lone Asian female, who had a doctorate in CS.<p>Hiring &quot;People Like Us&quot; doesn&#x27;t help a company.