When a candidate bombs one part of a technical interview but does really well on the others, do you still push them forward? I just want to know how much flexibility there is behind the scenes versus what candidates are told about failing a round.

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Depends on the company, some places a worked for evaluated a product and technical interview, one could do great for a product interview and do alright in technical and still pass. Also depends on the seniority of the role, the higher the role, the higher the expectations of maturity cross category. If you bomb of the key areas I'd doubt you'd be pushed forward though. You need to still at least be alright. One side note: this does not mean that if you don't know a specific framework or topic in tech you are stripped away, also transferable knowledge counts, you can be flagged as someone who can pick up the skill quickly as it already worked with something similar in the past.

It usually depends on how critical that one part is for the role. Strong performance elsewhere can still keep a candidate in consideration.

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