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At the centre The right way to hire is not four rounds of data structures and algorithms but work like the job, plus asking a candidate why they made each choice. Holds NENeetCode Read this korrent →

• Similar wording The data-structures-and-algorithms interview never tested a skill that transfers to the job; what it tested was whether somebody can think. Holds NENeetCode
• Similar wording Any hiring process standardised enough to scale will always be gameable; the way around it is watching somebody actually work, the way you would an intern. Holds NENeetCode
• Similar wording A hiring loop should have few, well-calibrated interviewers rather than many, because extra interviewers add veto points instead of judgement. No longer holds CMCharity Majors
• Similar wording There is no right hiring process, but there is a wrong one: not having something you do religiously as a company. Holds MHMax Hodak
• Similar wording The best way to hire engineers is a coding contest, because competition leads to progress and picks the most qualified people for the task. Holds Pavel Durov
• Similar wording Hiring a programmer turns on two things, the cover letter and a real programming test, never the resume, school, grades or pedigree. Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
• Similar wording The coding interview has survived because companies have no idea how to evaluate candidates, and they probably never did. Holds NENeetCode
• Similar wording Dismissing a subject as a waste of time because you never used its details on the job is the wrong way to think, and it is the same mistake people make about learning to code now that AI writes the loops. Holds NENeetCode