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Principles for hiring engineers (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Hiring Without Work Sample Tests

Hiring without work sample tests risks selecting people who excel at interviewing but can't actually perform the job. The term works ample test is common within sort of like h r and old school management stuff. Interviews are always, to some degree, a proxy for what you're trying to do with your hiring process. Some would say that being good at soffer development goes into being better at actual programming.

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