Interviewing

I was recently helping some colleagues think about interviewing techniques. I like to see work product from people. So, a while back I developed an assessment that we use. It has been a big help in evaluating candidates. It was incremental problem where each step was a question that led to a larger solution. It wasn't perfect, but I got to see some evolution of thinking. 

When I worked at Microsoft we took our interviewing very seriously. Certainly, there are lots of stories (myths?) out there about the process. Some truer than others. I have a master list of good questions and suggestions I still find helpful to review to get into the right mindset. I avoid the "Mount Fuji" questions since they just don't give me much useful data.

Along these lines...I was recently turned onto InterviewZen. I like the idea of being able to watch a recording of someone creating a work product. We have a classic computer science sort of problem (weighted graph) that I use, but I don't get to see the person working thru their thinking. I am going to try and adapt mine to this format.