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How to interview [memo]

Just met this nice article by Laurie Voss called `You suck at technical interviews`.

Here is TL;DR from there:

many interview techniques test skills that are at best irrelevant to real working life
you want somebody who knows enough to do the job right now
or somebody smart and motivated enough that they can learn the job quickly
you want somebody who keeps getting better at what they do
your interview should be a collaborative conversation, not a combative interrogation
you also want somebody who you will enjoy working with
it's important to separate "enjoy working with" from "enjoy hanging out with"
don't hire assholes, no matter how good they are
if your team isn't diverse, your team is worse than it needed to be
accept that hiring takes a really long time and is really, really hard

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Good read.