[safety-third]

I have personally hired false positives. Like you say, they are expensive. I have never once hired someone who was literally incapable of doing the job. It's never because of work directly. A person who was incredibly professional in the interview turned into a massive asshole at the office. One fought good coding practices because he thought it was over-engineering. Another spent all day playing online poker on their phone. One spent their entire time at the office making Forth interpreters.

Doing 7 hours of whiteboarding interviews for every candidate won't flush out any of these. Not a single one. If you can tell me the magic 8 ball I need to shake to fix this, I am wide open to suggestions.

[celticmusic]

> One fought good coding practices because he thought it was over-engineering.

You would have considered me a false positive then, despite the success of my career.

[perl4ever]

Nobody is perfect for every job.

A phone app is one thing, ERP or accounting is another, avionics is another.

[celticmusic]

ahahahahahahahahahaha, the arrogance in this comment cracks me up. You have no idea the software I write, don't make assumptions.

[perl4ever]

The software you write makes you perfect for every job...and you are amused by my arrogance?