TMW News wanted to know the best tips for screening this key position. I recommend live testing. Did you know that in Palo Alto, the average company spends 150 hours to hire a single developer? When we were hiring for Due.com, we used a Remote Interview platform to see exactly what these applicants can do! This cuts down on screening time by up to 80 percent, and I didn’t even have to hassle with the scoring—the platform did that for me. Using software to test developers while I watch them work their magic also helps to minimize any bias interviewers may have.
There are ten additional screening ways covered by TMW, too! Some experts recommend taking a look at their GitHub account (it’s the Facebook equivalent, and lets you see what your developer is really like), while others say you need to look at their portfolio from both ends. You might be hiring front-end, but back-end perspectives matter a lot.
A Kolbe test, asking about the most recent stack overflow questions they handled, and actually following up on their references can also help. If you do test them (as you should), make sure you test them on your products.
