- Don't let the hr 20-something non-engineers be your first filter - the hiring eng manager reviews resumes. Let HR review the work history, references, and W2

- Don't let the hr 20-something non-engineers be your first filter - the hiring eng manager reviews resumes. Let HR review the work history, references, and W2 stuff later. - Simple, practical coding questions related to your company need (so not algos/leetcode for 90% SaaS CRUD app companies) - Engineer or manager talk to candidate about past work and projects. If you are giant FAANG okay fine that won't scale. But most companies smaller than this will do just fine without the assumption of "everyone's a faker! Gotta prove you wanna work here!". This has worked fine for me in hiring past 20 years.