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It's not 100% about getting the best developer, it's about team culture
If you're interviewing for something like team culture you're going to end up with a bunch of people in your own demographic, because shared life experience is the biggest predictor of team culture.
People say we don't need DEI because they aren't racist. And you're not racist. But this is how accidental racism sneaks in. It's nefarious.
If you asked something relevant, like "how many servers are in your basement?" Or "what open source projects do you contribute to?", you'll not be leaning on culture, but it tells you more about them than coding ability.
You're not interviewing for friends. "Team culture" in this case seems like shorthand for "someone just like me so I don't get challenged". I would suggest spending some time thinking about why scifi books in particular and what that says about you.
Look up any personality+leadership theory, DISC is a common one I've seen. Teams with a mix of personalities and backgrounds are more optimal than a team of basically the same person. Yes, even "ladder climbers" can be good for a team, provided they have other positive traits that go with it.
Ew. Personality tests are a terrible way of building a working team, and the idea that every need field needs the same kind of people is just demonstrably stupid
Not that I said "read theory" not "make applicants take personality tests".
"Needs the same kind of people is demonstrably stupid".... yet OP is headed in that direction and doesn't appear to be stupid. Just lacking in exposure to other ways of doing things... thus reading about them is a way to close that knowledge gap
Leadership type books aren't to be followed 100%. They are written for a person to take the 10% that best applies and is helpful to them. It's why they're so damn repetitive and obvious the more experience you have.
The takeaway is not "build a team of four people with these four styles". That's way too literal. It's "see the value in a mix of people, and recognize strengths in others that you don't have".
Ah, that's a much better take.
Not sure why you get downvoted.
Culture fit, is what makes a team holds together. And it's different in banking or in a R&D company.
That said, what is your role during the interview. Culture fit is more for the HR and manager and less for the expert conducting the technical part of the interview.
you may want to be careful how you word this; if you focus too hard on a specific culture then you inherit that culture's biases. I don't think english language sci-fi novels are known for their racially and sexually diverse fandom, for instance.