Technical interviews are disguised IQ tests. IQ tests are actually not allowed in the US based on a Supreme Court decision[1] that said they were discriminatory.
We know that cognitive ability has one of the strongest correlations with job performance.
So "technical interviews" that are heavy on algorithm puzzles are just a loophole to get around the IQ test issue. They aren't actually testing domain knowledge.
We know that cognitive ability has one of the strongest correlations with job performance.
So "technical interviews" that are heavy on algorithm puzzles are just a loophole to get around the IQ test issue. They aren't actually testing domain knowledge.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co.