By what they do outside work/school... I specifically mean if they work on software projects, using skills related to the skills they use at work. I've seen bo

By what they do outside work/school... I specifically mean if they work on software projects, using skills related to the skills they use at work. I've seen both sides of this and tend not to discriminate when someone has more experience vs. less... it's an offset, more important for interviewing someone out of a bootcamp, or with no formal education. It really takes all types, so to speak. At this point, I've interviewed and met a pretty broad spectrum. The same goes for on the interviewee side as well. Again... it's a balance... work history, personal projects (github activity), the pre-interview code challenge, as well as the technical interview are a matter of finding what's needed... someone can be less in one area and make up for it in another. To me at least, independent drive makes up for experience in a lot of ways, especially for more junior-mid roles.