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This seems fairly off. I think more likely is hiring someone you know or have heard of already, or has been referred to you, and the "interviews" wouldn't incl
by hgh 15y ago
This seems fairly off. I think more likely is hiring someone you know or have heard of already, or has been referred to you, and the "interviews" wouldn't include essay questions, rather a series of drinks, coffees, meals to assess technical and personal fit. Employee #1's concern hopefully isn't ensuring that they get paid on time every month and will be willing to roll with the punches. That said paying someone late sucks.
- smartbear 15y agoYou can't assess technical competence from coffees, only from writing code. You can't assess email communication skills from drinks, only from writing. Like in the Matrix, you don't truly know someone until you fight them.
- hgh 15y agoCertainly the right meetup over coffee would digress into laptops out battling over technical ideas and implementations or reading through some samples?