I found the spirit of article a bit narrow-minded for all the reasons mentioned here already.<p>It did however make me think of an almost opposite activity for the next time I interview someone:<p>Pick a difficult trick question (like Binary Tree reversal but harder&#x2F;arcane) that neither of us can solve, and spend some time working on the problem together with the candidate.<p>After all, solving problems together (directly, or indirectly) is what we&#x27;ll be doing day to day.<p>This might not be a good idea, but I&#x27;ll definitely try it out once and find out.