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I've been hiring people for 10 years and far and away the best results (in order): 1. I've worked with them before or they were referred by someone I trust

by cheez 8y ago

I've been hiring people for 10 years and far and away the best results (in order): 1. I've worked with them before or they were referred by someone I trust 2. Test project Never had a good result from a question-based interview. I just don't have the numbers for it to work. Think about it, if the probability of a random dev knowing your stupid questions is 1%, then you would need to interview 100 people to find that 1. The only companies that can do that at scale are FAANG.

ajcodez 8y ago
I like to give short term contracts to promising applicants. It filters both good and bad for different reasons but it works.
- komali2 8y ago
  I feel like the most interested and serious candidates will be shut out by this.
- cheez 8y ago
  I pay $100/hour and give them a week (but time boxed to 8 hours). They can do it in their off time. Much cheaper than the alternative which is to waste 2-4 hours per candidate.