Sad someone out there will assume this is for real and plan to change their interviewing to this. I've been in interviews where you had to talk with every single person on the team (8, half of which didn't show); a gang interview with me in the middle for several hours; 4 separate interviews with multiple people who all asked complicated puzzle questions; and a place where every team member talked about how they did a part of every job (architect designed classes, lead designed methods, and programmers filled them out), etc. Insanity in interviews knows no bounds.
Two of the best programmers I ever worked with I interviewed over the phone for an hour each and that was it.
Maybe, I worked at a company where it was done in the name of of inclusion. The company wanted the whole team to be involved so that each team member could feel included in the process and have a say.
> architect designed classes, lead designed methods, and programmers filled them out
Incredible. So they all have to take vacation at the same time (and stick together too — the architect lays out the suitcase, the lead gathers the clothes, etc.)
Two of the best programmers I ever worked with I interviewed over the phone for an hour each and that was it.