Comment by serial_dev
2 days ago
I think it’s easier to compare candidates who might have been interviewed by different people possibly weeks apart if you have a coding challenge… could they solve the problem we gave them, if yes how quickly and how well. Interviewers can write their notes, the session can be recorded and the committee can compare candidates relatively fairly.
Comparing candidates based on how they “vibe” with the interviewer during a pair programming session is a recipe for lawsuits and bad hires.
I’m just speculating here, I don’t have any significant hiring and interviewing experience
If you're worried about interviews weeks apart and cross-team testing, then the most that can hurt efficiency is making you do the test with the team they'll be imminently hired into, which means you're on par with the small company, nothing lost nothing gained.
Avoiding pair programming for the reason you listed sounds like lawyers getting in the way, not scaling. But yeah we'd need to hear someone say if that's actually happening.