Only one or two of those interview descriptions mention anything like the bullshit tech trivia this thread is about. Most describe take-home problems, extended design conversations, and technical sessions that are more like extended conversations.

You seem to infer that the phrase "just hire them" means you do absolutely zero interviewing, which was not my intention.

When I said "just hire them" I meant "do some obvious stuff, like talk about their experience, ask a high-level question and expect a discussiony answer, not short, commoditized trivia, and if based on that stuff it seems reasonable, then just hire them and don't obsess over cramming more dumb trivia filters into the process."

I took it for granted that everyone reading this would understand that basic interview (e.g. talk to someone, ask about their resume items, have a discussion) is always necessary.

The "just hire them" part is meant to say that people should not get stuck up their own ass with trying to put together a ridiculous number of commodity filters up front before getting to that conversation stage, and that the conversation stage should function more like a rolling basis hire than like a process in which you tediously examine every candidate first, then go back and eliminate and re-interview, etc.

I think the Netflix process fits what I'm saying very well.