Hi Ammon&#x2F;Harj, Thank you for that effort and laying it out. Very helpful.<p>Just so the readers don&#x27;t miss the context: By definition, most companies  referred here, I&#x27;m guessing, are startups. And startups will definitely want more product-focused engineers, in order to keep moving fast.<p>Interviewing in general, is closer to a date, than it&#x27;s to a standardized test. The smaller the company is, the more pronounced that characteristic is. For even slightly larger companies, it&#x27;s a different story.<p>When I was a Director of Engineering at Box, the engineering team was tasked with hiring 25 engineers in a single quarter. For several quarters. When hiring at that scale, it&#x27;s hard to hire based on personas and elaborate preferences. At that point, process is more important. Anyone that meets a consistent process gets hired. There are always biases at resume selection, but those are only to benefit the later process, and not so much of a preference.<p>[About us: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;InterviewKickstart.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;InterviewKickstart.com</a>]