Just went through this process from the POV of employer.<p>The risk of choosing the wrong person is so great, that it&#x27;s often better to not choose anyone. If there is any doubt what-so-ever, it&#x27;s better to not make a a hire, it can be too damaging to a team, manager, company.<p>I&#x27;ve tried so many different &quot;coding interview&quot; scenarios. But I found the best one was a real task that a real staff member would be expected to do, extract it out into its own example, and before I talk to someone, they present their solution to the task, and the only thing we talk about, is their solution. If they can dissect and discuss their solution eloquently, and reason about trade-offs, short-cuts, talk about what they may have done better....<p>Of course, it can also be a simple case of, &quot;is this person an asshole? are they going to rub my team up the wrong way? yes? fuck them.&quot;