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I am afraid this is just another marketing for a paid product. There are a lot of assumptions being stated as a fact. > Since the candidate is getting paid, th

I am afraid this is just another marketing for a paid product. There are a lot of assumptions being stated as a fact. > Since the candidate is getting paid, the candidate treats it as a legit consulting session and therefore gives their best effort in solving the problem. If a candidate has applied for a job then it is in his interest to treat that application as his career depends on it. Best effort is wagered not on the fact that he is paid but on the premise that his life will become better by getting this job. > It gives the candidate a real life sense of how you interact with people on the team. Where is this coming from ? This is just another assumption the author is making. > The biggest issue I have seen with tech hires is that they can become very defensive over their solution. I will purposely challenge their solution to see how they react. You are asking us to be non-judgemental in the paragraphs above and then being judgemental on the candidate becoming defensive. > Pay them immediately on Monday Why ?

minitech 10y ago
> > It gives the candidate a real life sense of how you interact with people on the team. > Where is this coming from ? This is just another assumption the author is making. It’s coming from the fact that you’re giving someone a project and discussing the result with them. > > The biggest issue I have seen with tech hires is that they can become very defensive over their solution. I will purposely challenge their solution to see how they react. > You are asking us to be non-judgemental in the paragraphs above and then being judgemental on the candidate becoming defensive. That’s not being “judgemental”. It’s just using regular judgement – evaluating a person’s willingness to listen to criticism. The earlier points were about hearing rationale for choices without previous criticism. > > Pay them immediately on Monday > Why ? It shows that you’re well-organized and keep your word. I think most of your arguments were coloured by the mention of a paid product.

minitech 10y ago

> > It gives the candidate a real life sense of how you interact with people on the team. > Where is this coming from ? This is just another assumption the author is making. It’s coming from the fact that you’re giving someone a project and discussing the result with them. > > The biggest issue I have seen with tech hires is that they can become very defensive over their solution. I will purposely challenge their solution to see how they react. > You are asking us to be non-judgemental in the paragraphs above and then being judgemental on the candidate becoming defensive. That’s not being “judgemental”. It’s just using regular judgement – evaluating a person’s willingness to listen to criticism. The earlier points were about hearing rationale for choices without previous criticism. > > Pay them immediately on Monday > Why ? It shows that you’re well-organized and keep your word. I think most of your arguments were coloured by the mention of a paid product.