Comment by Olshansky
1 day ago
Sharing my quick personal anecdote here.
- Past: ~8 years in big tech as an IC - Currently: ~4 as CTO a < 10 person startup.
I always hated doing and conducting coding interviews. When I became in charge of the interview process, I swore to myself not to have them.
I had to let go of a person after ~3 weeks in because he just didn't write any code. This was about 1 year post the ChatGPT moment.
He had lots of experience. Great communicator. Culture fit (or so I thought). Etc...
Interviews can provide a signal, but nothing trumps a month of working with someone. If both parties are open to it, a well paid short term contracting gig goes a long way.
That sounds terrible for all parties. You have to conduct the entire interview experience twice, the candidate has to conduct their job search twice, they may have declined another offer to accept yours, they may have had to relocate to accept your offer, if you're in the US they may have gone off health insurance and their new health insurance didn't start yet, etc.