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by lbriner 1686 days ago
Yes. I think we all know that interviews are not perfect so we won't be overly strict on anything. Do we think they will get on with others? As long as they are not a definite "no" then that's fine. Do they seem interested in the company? Same thing.

There is only time I was still unsure and didn't want to waste the candidates time so rather than telling him sorry, I set him a paid coding test to develop a microservice in order to judge his style, how long he took, what questions he asked etc. I didn't think the result was good enough but because we paid him, we parted on good terms and he had some good feedback.