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The best kind of interview is the bug squash or pair programmer round where both the interviewer and the candidate team up to solve a common problem.
It provides so many insights into how the developer reacts when they are wrong, how they contradict your hypothesis and how they work in real life. If I am in charge of hiring for a company, then this is the only technical interview I will hold.
Maybe another round for behavioural fitment.
The main problem in making this more common is that it takes a lot of effort to prepare these kind of questions and the interviewer may also need to practise before the interview.
Another issue is that the judgement becomes a little vague and interview bias may kick in with the interviewer.
One thing DSA is good at is removing bias. Either you have the answer or you don't.
The best thing about this is that you don't have to prepare for long hours to interview. It's fun for both the parties.
The company gets a great signal of how the candidate is going to perform in their actual job as well.