[floe]

> Ask the candidate. I would often straight out ask people how effective they were at GSD, and how did they compare to their peers? It was surprising how honest some (very smart) people would be on this. E.g. "I am average compared to other engineers". For an early stage startup, average is not enough.

lol, wait, if this line of thought works, why don't you also just ask them how good they are at coding, instead of wasting all that time doing interviews?

[TameAntelope]

You probably could, and people would volunteer that they aren't that good at coding and therefore screen themselves out (assuming you need people who are good at coding).

You definitely run the risk of not hiring people who are victims of impostor syndrome, but it's the same logic, and it would for sure apply to coding.