As a counterpoint, I'm fairly confident it's possible to hire engineers without seeing the code anything at all. I'm not an expert, but I do know that I've neve

As a counterpoint, I'm fairly confident it's possible to hire engineers without seeing the code anything at all. I'm not an expert, but I do know that I've never felt like a homework/sample code/whiteboard exercise I've done has borne any real resemblance to the work I do. I'm generally a fan of getting a candidate to tell me about aspects of their previous work that relate to the skills the job requires. I wrote this at my last job on the topic: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alanjohnson/were-hiring-engineers-all-wrong_b_7973484.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alanjohnson/were-hiring-engine...