> > 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 aut

> > 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.