I used to scan potential candidates Github repos but a recent job changed all that for me. A coworker was struggling at standup to handle a "deep get" in a JS o

I used to scan potential candidates Github repos but a recent job changed all that for me. A coworker was struggling at standup to handle a "deep get" in a JS object. I wrote a small function in five minutes and sent it over chat, thinking it'd unblock him and he could continue his tasks. He preceded to create a repo and added tests to the code and claimed it. I imagine that in time, someone will look at that code and use it as a consideration for his employment and be just as disappointed in his output as I was. You may hate it but I love white-boarding with candidates. It's not a binary pass/fail exercise but a look into how a person approaches solving a problem and handling on-the-spot pressure. Sometimes things break in prod and the pressure is on, I want to work people that do well under that pressure.