This has happened to me before too. The owner of a company I ended up working for found me at a hackathon. Apparently he frequents hackathons to keep tabs on th

This has happened to me before too. The owner of a company I ended up working for found me at a hackathon. Apparently he frequents hackathons to keep tabs on the local talent of our somewhat out-of-the-way city. (To note, he also actively participates in those hackathons, so he’s not just some vulture looking for prey). When I called him up a few months later to ask if he was looking for devs, he hired me on the spot. In his mind there was no need to interview me further, since we had already collaborated and he had seen me work and problem solve in an environment that’s much more natural than, say, whiteboarding in an interview.