You can accomplish that by doing preliminary research. People have personal projects, accounts in social networks, personal blogs. Make a short list of candida

You can accomplish that by doing preliminary research. People have personal projects, accounts in social networks, personal blogs. Make a short list of candidates than go digging. You can soon get a good idea of their abilities and how far they are progressed on their professional evolution path. That research will also quickly tell you if someone is a jerk. Read what they say and how they are saying it and you will learn all you need to know about their social skills. It's a more precise test than an artificial environment of a face-to-face interview when everyone tries to play an all-around nice person. But the thing is, you can't be a nice person 9-to-5 and a complete jerk in your off-hours. A jerk is always a jerk. Better observe them in the wild when they feel nobody's watching them and they can behave naturally. It also works the other way. I sometimes encounter overall rude people online who share in passing what company they are employed at. I always try to remember the name to not mistakenly end up there.