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tomjen3 on May 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why the new guy can't code

>Besides interview questions, give an interview ASSIGNMENT. Meaning, before you are hired, you have to complete some task. This shows a) commitment to wanting to work here, and b) shows that you can sole the kinds of problems we had to face before.

Are you hirering for Facebook? Because if not you will miss the developers who aren't desperate to work for anyone.

EGreg on May 8, 2011 [–]

I'm not worried about random developers I'm going to miss. I'm worried about developers we'm going to be stuck with.

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