[flerchin]

I don't know how to find them, and leetcode and interview puzzles clearly aren't it. However, we've all worked with folks that get way more done than others. We've also worked with people that are a net negative for company. Your paid internship only kinda works at the entry level, and doesn't fix that the filter is broken for mid and senior level.

[closeparen]

At mid and senior level, those engineers' peers know who they are. I know we're culturally allergic to using reputation/personal experiences in hiring, but the information is there if you really want it.