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did you read the blog post though? :)

Kevin Hale at Wufoo (YC W06) did contract work for a month instead of interviews. Is that not "give candidates real work & pay them for their time"?

Thomas paid every engineer who did a 'Ride Along' (a day on the job with the Cloudthread team) regardless of his final hiring decision, and he did it with a bunch of folks.

Elliot paid every PR he received for his screening bounties on Algora regardless of his final hiring decision.

I think the title for the blog post checks out.