[em-bee]

You CANNOT do campfire as an evaluation step

why not? to expensive? candidates don't have the time? i'd love to do that because it also gives me insights into the company. how they work, etc...

I can tell you how to recruit people

why is interviewing broken then?

You TALK to people about software development

didn't we try that and find out that the sweet-talkers master this and are able to fool everyone? or didn't we find that this leaves out good people who don't do well when questioned like that?

btw: my personal preference for a tech interview is 1 hour of pair programming. (not just live coding)

[woeirua]

How are you going to do a campfire while gainfully employed? Job hopping becomes way harder in this world.

[em-bee]

take a few days off. ok, in the US with only two weeks yearly vacation that is a bit harder. so this mostly works for people who are already out of work. but i don't think that's a downside.

these days there are so many people being laid off that you still get a large selection of potentially good candidates, also, for someone who has been out of work for some time i would like to test them more intensively. in fact from a social standpoint i should optimize hiring for people who don't already have a job.