Most companies are running some sort of copy of Google’s hiring pipeline, which doesn’t evaluate the ability to learn (the key to finding good junior candidates

Most companies are running some sort of copy of Google’s hiring pipeline, which doesn’t evaluate the ability to learn (the key to finding good junior candidates). The startup I used to work at tried to fix this by pair programming with the candidate for an hour on a trivial feature in the codebase. I felt like it did a reasonable job of finding people who learn quickly, though it didn’t often select for strong problem solving.