Considering that it&#x27;s our fellow programmers doing the interviewing, I&#x27;d say we&#x27;re failing ourselves here. I&#x27;d wager that in almost all cases, those doing interviews have had zero training on effectively recruiting anyone (let alone other developers). An effective interview requires preparation - and I bet the majority of developers do this right between saying &quot;<i>fuck</i>, have they arrived already?&quot; and starting the interview. Is it any wonder it falls back to the standard approach of &quot;Google does it, it must be good&quot; or a dick swinging contest trying to prove how amazing your team is, because &quot;fuck yeah, we all write search algos every fucking day - it&#x27;s why our product is amazing.&quot;