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Here’s a radical idea: hire the top 4 candidates on a probationary period. Have them work remote and with the same requirements and blind to each other.

• madrox 5y ago
  Nothing radical about it. People have reinvented this idea for decades. It's called "contract to hire," and it's a great way to hire a good line cook and a horrible way to hire a good software engineer.
  • hbarka 5y ago
    Contractors are on a different time period contract. They’re treated as a temporary resource and more than likely will roll off than get hired. Filling an FTE role has a different motivation and so the probationary period would be very short, like several weeks.
    • madrox 5y ago
      You're confusing generalized contractors with "contract to hire." They aren't the same.
      • hbarka 5y ago
        You’re confusing probationary period with contract to hire.
• fataliss 5y ago
  Then you'd only ever get candidates that can afford to have a "maybe job" for a while until they get out with no pay check. I'd definitely not work for a company with that arrangement. Unless there is some guarantee they pay you until you land your next thing (within reasonable timeframes).