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I've helped hire 3 software engineers to both work with me and mentor me and they were all failures. First two hires quit after only a few weeks. Third hire w
by metalgearsolid 8y ago
I've helped hire 3 software engineers to both work with me and mentor me and they were all failures.
First two hires quit after only a few weeks.
Third hire was temporarily successful. He eventually revealed himself to be both a jerk and not very technically skilled, so I spoke to higher-ups to get him removed.
My hiring strategy was designed to be simple and respectful. A simple, 20 minute assignment completed between phone screening and on-site. And 2 on-site interviews. Despite the 3 failures, I still feel like it's a good strategy. But evidence says otherwise!
- esturk 8y agoYou didn't even mention what those 3 interview questions are like which is the whole point of this discussion. You made the conclusion with 3 data points. I could just as easily make a conclusion about the common denominator of all this which would t be fair to you.
- metalgearsolid 8y agoI'm unsure why you think my anecdotes of failures hiring software engineers is not relevant to a discussion on how to not hire software engineers. I think you misread my comment, because drawing a conclusion on my hiring process from 3 data points is exactly what I'm not doing.