Interviewing other developers like a human

Update: 2023-05-02

Description

Some interviewing techniques can be pretty disrespectful of the applicant's time or humanity. On today's episode we talk about some ways of approaching an interview to put the person at ease and help them to do their best.

Show notes:

00:00 Our different work backgrounds

01:00 How to kick off a technical discussion in an interview

03:45 How to leverage their existing experience

04:50 Learn about their communication style

06:00 Figuring out how someone thinks about a problem

09:30 Don't code review actual company code

11:50 Silly bit

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Interviewing other developers like a human

Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

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Interviewing other developers like a human

Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

Interviewing other developers like a human