My companies uses a 'gig-to-hire' process; I basically inbound my applicants, filter the ones who are "pretty good on paper" and offer them short, paid gigs on

My companies uses a 'gig-to-hire' process; I basically inbound my applicants, filter the ones who are "pretty good on paper" and offer them short, paid gigs on things. The 4 or 8 hour gig tells me more than any interview I've ever done. It's more cost effective too. The best way to find out how well someone works with you is to have them work with you. I'm building tools around this gig-to-hire process if anyone is interested http://ars.io/ http://ars.io/ Also, we're working on integrating the new JSON resume format which was mentioned on HN a few days ago.