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raddevus24-Sep-20 6:11
mvaraddevus24-Sep-20 6:11 
This is a fantastic post and I wish more companies would really see it this way.
It is amazing that your company considered what they were doing to devs in interviews and tried a new way. Very cool!!! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup: Thumbs Up | :thumbsup: Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

If I just needed some code done then hire the best you can find (which means probably not in-house anyways, just go find someone on the web to do the work).

However, what your company did was to build a real team of contributing individuals where people's input was respected. Amazing.

I'd much rather hire:
1. the nicer / team-friendly / good-attitude candidate
2. who has good-enough skills
3. who is willing to grow and learn
4. who has energy! the desire to make things excellent

I'd much rather hire that person than the "genius" who can pass all these freaking algorithm tests and is obnoxious.
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