This document provides tips and tools for making interviews more productive. It suggests outlining the interview process for candidates, using LinkedIn's scheduler to set up interviews, texting candidates using TextUs if plans change, providing examples of desired soft skills, creating role-specific interview questions, teaching candidates the STAR method for answering questions, conducting interviews in casual settings, using job auditions to observe performance, and streamlining remote interviews with tools like HireVue. The goal is to focus interviews on what matters most and spend less time on inefficient parts of the process.