I've noticed that when doing interviews with younger developers, you run into the problem of "They only know about the projects that they've worked on at fill-i

I've noticed that when doing interviews with younger developers, you run into the problem of "They only know about the projects that they've worked on at fill-in-school" and they have no real world experience to base an interview on. I've even experienced this with interviewees that at companies I've worked for. I'm definitely a proponent of contract-to-hire because you can figure out if you really gel with the team. Plus there may be some things that the interviewee never thought of that you're really good at.