>We need to realize that the 20-year old process designed by MSFT of hiring has been gamed and is no longer useful.
another way i use the interviews is to learn more from the candidates about things i supposedly know less than they do. Usually it would be a very specific details of some technology/products they supposedly have worked a lot on or with, and that i'd have less detailed knowledge about (along the lines for example - how it works, externally and internally, why would this way have been chosen/implemented , what were the alternatives back then and are now, etc...)
another way i use the interviews is to learn more from the candidates about things i supposedly know less than they do. Usually it would be a very specific details of some technology/products they supposedly have worked a lot on or with, and that i'd have less detailed knowledge about (along the lines for example - how it works, externally and internally, why would this way have been chosen/implemented , what were the alternatives back then and are now, etc...)