Comment by em-bee

You CANNOT do campfire as an evaluation step

why not? to expensive? candidates don't have the time? i'd love to do that because it also gives me insights into the company. how they work, etc...

I can tell you how to recruit people

why is interviewing broken then?

You TALK to people about software development

didn't we try that and find out that the sweet-talkers master this and are able to fool everyone? or didn't we find that this leaves out good people who don't do well when questioned like that?

btw: my personal preference for a tech interview is 1 hour of pair programming. (not just live coding)