I really don't know. But, some advice: if you get 400+ applicants again, just throw out all but ~50 without looking at them at all. That's too many to process,

I really don't know. But, some advice: if you get 400+ applicants again, just throw out all but ~50 without looking at them at all. That's too many to process, any you're wasting too much time trying for find the "best" ones. Randomly limiting your pool will make it easier to make a decision. Also, I hope you don't go the traditional interview route (ie white boarding). I think more companies should do a "make your own interview process" where the candidates decide what to show off. Maybe that's walking you through a project, some live coding/pair programming, assessing your product, or a presentation on some aspect of technology (like functional programming, databases, security, etc). The one that impresses you the most wins.