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by NTDF9 3363 days ago
Define "right candidate"?

Is right candidate = person who solves algo questions for 5 hours on a whiteboard?

2 comments

No, it's probably more like 4 1-hour interviews where they do whiteboard coding 2 - 4 times for 30 minutes and the rest of it discussing other previous experience, what they are looking, what the company's doing now and looking to do in the future, etc.
No. The right candidate is someone who can do the job for which they're being recruited effectively.