Most software teams interview programmers before getting them on board. Later they get surprised how was it possible to hire someone who doesn't understand programming. Those so-called "fake interviews" would not exist if we would let the market vouch for programmers, instead of us relying on the information we manage to collect at those Skype calls. We, in Zerocracy, pay attention to five things that are important: 1) GitHub reputation, 2) Stackoverflow history, 3) certifications, 3) conferences, 4) blogging experience. Once a programmer has all of those, we know that he/she is senior enough for us.
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