The systemic decay of tech hiring (opens in new tab)

Complaining about tech interviews is the favorite pastime of software engineers. We know they're broken, we've seen exactly how they're broken, but, despite a decade of collective hand-waving, we haven't fixed them. In fact, we haven't even understood why they're broken: "interviewers are stupid" is a tempting explanation, but most people I've worked with are quite smart, so it can't be the only reason.