Regardless of level, easy hires for me were people that had code up on GitHub that showed their skill level. Typically this involved having a mix of: - A worki

Regardless of level, easy hires for me were people that had code up on GitHub that showed their skill level. Typically this involved having a mix of: - A working website they built themselves that captures some personality for who they are. - A small-to-large project they wrote or contributed on with others where I could view the source. - Small edits to libraries (Documentation counts!) of things they use. - A video of them explaining something (anything!) An interview lasts one-hour. Getting as much across BEFORE that one hour is important. My easiest interviews were the one where I could skip the script and ask the person about some project I could see they were working on. There will be lots of comments to say that none of these things are needed. They will be technically correct, but you asked for things that would make you have the best shot. A year is a nice long time to build up the above.