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Fair point! I guess if I can edit my statement a bit I'd phrase it like that: If from my application you can see that I have work that we can talk about and discuss, let's do that, if not then let's do the predefined questions. That's fine.

I've had a couple of situations where I go in an interview and the interviews ask me questions that show to me that they have not even looked at my CV and the cover letter they asked me to write. They were just reading off a list of generic tech interview questions.

To me that feels like if I went to interview at a company and told them I have no idea who they are or what they do, I just know their name and that they are looking for a coder. That's just counterproductive.

But I totally agree with you that there is no single solution. I just think there are different "good" questions for different people, interviewers and interviewees need to adapt to that.