> Just be careful making the leap from "they prefer niche X" to "therefore they are talented". Not my approach, to be sure :) I think I have a pretty good heu

> Just be careful making the leap from "they prefer niche X" to "therefore they are talented". Not my approach, to be sure :) I think I have a pretty good heuristic for finding curious and inquisitive people that doesn't rely on esoteric tech stacks. My sense is that a lot of engineering teams have lost their way so the only mechanism they can use now are convoluted leetcode style interviews instead to filter out Senior Java Dev Candidate 43 versus Senior Java Dev Candidate 96. I write a little about this here: Your Interview Process is Too Damn Long (and How to Fix It) (https://chrlschn.dev/blog/2023/10/your-interview-process-is-too-damn-long/ https://chrlschn.dev/blog/2023/10/your-interview-process-is-...)