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I'd propose a supplement for interviewing. If your company has at least one open-source repository: 1. Have a senior engineer chat with the candidate for an ho
by anonytrary 8y ago
I'd propose a supplement for interviewing. If your company has at least one open-source repository:
1. Have a senior engineer chat with the candidate for an hour about a few bugs/features in the repository, and how the candidate would solve them.
2. If the candidate is promising, give the candidate a week or so to fix the bugs or implement the features.
I think this would be a more relevant test than just giving them context-less problems to solve on a whiteboard.
- pkaye 8y agoThis basically filters out those who already have a job or getting multiple offers. Most candidates don't want to spend more than a day on an interview.
- mmt 8y agoMake it a paid project, and it at least partially addresses the sibling comment's (valid, IMO) complaint that it filters out candidates that are otherwise in high demand. It would also provide a significant signal regarding valuing the candidate's time and effort [1], which would comply with the suggestion of another comment elsewhere in the thread. [1] As well as the additional signal of putting money, rather than just "free" candidate labor into open source.
- anonytrary 8y agoCompanies already pay thousands of dollars (per candidate) to fly out, accommodate and feed candidates for on-sites, so this doesn't seem unreasonable. Similarly, phone-screens and other filters would be done before a paid task is given.