To save everyone’s time, I would have just two interviews progressively. First one explain in detail something that you have been part of building. Second pick and solve a problem from a list of problems that we face, use all the tools you need from the internet book etc but solve along with interviewers as if they need to do this but you need to convince them why it should be done this way.

Put as many engineers as I need to be on these two calls.

That’s it. Anything else is an overkill.

I am looking for someone who given time can play exactly shades of these two kind of roles in my team.

Let rest of the engineers witness as you perform.

Will have prep interview to help you understand the format and not to be intimidated by the number of interviewers or the format.

I have hired in big tech, people who will not pass these two tests get hired.

I don’t care if you remember an algorithm. I need to know that you would be able to research and get to know such algorithm and know why to use that.