>"This is a great article. As someone who just interviewed 100 engineers for my startup, the lessons resonate with me, and can be generalized beyond PhDs:"

Let me get this straight, you invited 100 engineers in for an onsite after qualifying them with a phone screen and their resume? You conducted 100 Google style whiteboard algorithmic puzzle interviews just to find 1 single engineer to work for your startup?

These facts also resonate and could be generalized as something might also be terribly wrong with your "precious" interview process as well.