Hey Emily, I agree with your takes on interviewing! Have you seen good examples of interviews being realistic to the work? What I've tried in the past is: extract a slice of the app we're working on into a separate repo and then ask candidates to add or tweak a feature.
That generally worked well but: a) setup sucked (I tried repl.it but downloading a zip file worked better for most candidates), and b) this just straight up didn't work for solid engineers who were not familiar with the tech stack (some some creative attempts were made, like running the interview as a pairing session, with candidates verbalizing what they would do if they knew the stack).
Hey Emily, I agree with your takes on interviewing! Have you seen good examples of interviews being realistic to the work? What I've tried in the past is: extract a slice of the app we're working on into a separate repo and then ask candidates to add or tweak a feature.
That generally worked well but: a) setup sucked (I tried repl.it but downloading a zip file worked better for most candidates), and b) this just straight up didn't work for solid engineers who were not familiar with the tech stack (some some creative attempts were made, like running the interview as a pairing session, with candidates verbalizing what they would do if they knew the stack).