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I have to say this is how I've always interviewed people - I tend to be optimistic and assume people don't lie about their skills and experiences. So when I've

I have to say this is how I've always interviewed people - I tend to be optimistic and assume people don't lie about their skills and experiences. So when I've been asked to interview people I mostly want to talk about projects, hobbies, and general things about developing, debugging, and the process by which people solve problems. I don't want to know if you can do specific things, if you can't you'll learn, but I do want to know if I'm gonna find it easy to get along with you, if you seem like an interesting person, and if I can stand being in a small room with you for 7 hours a day. I suspect this is just another kind of bias, but I've had good results.

1ark 4y ago
Great to hear this. We use a similar approach, we sometimes get flattery in the form of "this was the nicest interview I ever had". I believe in human centric approach (the golden- and silver rules), and if they have the fundamentals right, technical skills etc. they can learn the rest on the job! Quickly too. And stay working for many years, low turnover, more cost effective. I thought that is one reason there are the standard 90 day trial period. Instead a lot of time is spent in interviews finding the perfect candidate (which doesn't exist).