Another useful idea is to provide concrete feedback to the candidate and ask them to try again.
Then look at their second submission to see if/how they adopted the feedback.
If your team sometimes pair-programs, why not mirror the pairing in your recruitment process?
Instead of interviewing 5 candidates sequentially, see how five candiates fare technically (and socially) in a 10 person cyber-dojo, pairing each candidate with a developer from the team they're hoping to join. Do several iterations swapping partners each time. Note that if your team never pair-programs it is incongruent to pair in the interview.
Teamwork characteristics ... cannot be determined if you interview ... one at a time.
W. Edwards Deming
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