Engineering leaders and talent teams know that a bad interview doesn’t just waste time, it can filter out strong candidates and damage your reputation. But what makes an interview format outdated?
To help you self-assess and course-correct, we’ve created a free, 1-page audit that covers the four key pillars of a modern technical interview:
Real-world relevance
Are you testing how candidates solve realistic, practical, role-specific problems, not just memorized trivia or whiteboard puzzles?
Fairness and inclusion
Do all candidates know what to expect? Are interviewers using a consistent rubric? Structured, transparent practices reduce bias and improve signal.
AI-awareness
In a world of ChatGPT and Copilot, are you evaluating human strengths, judgment, debugging, trade-off thinking, or questions an LLM could ace?
Collaborative style
Is your interview a performance, or a conversation? Interviews that mirror real developer collaboration lead to better outcomes for everyone.
Download the interview audit
Use this free checklist PDF to:
- Score your current process across 16 points
- Identify where to modernize, from expectations to prompt design
- Start productive conversations between TA and engineering
- Set priorities for a more effective, inclusive interview loop
Whether you’re hiring one engineer or scaling a global team, this audit helps you align on what matters: assessing real skills, fast and fairly.