An interview system that satisfies the same constraints better than the dominant system is unlikely to exist. The chief constraints are:
an interview process that costs the candidate and company days at most
is suitable for surfacing previously unknown candidate with non-public work
LTV of a hire exceeds the cost of the process that hired them
We tried our own hiring experiment a few years ago that's close to what Yegge advocates.[1] Our situation is different than the Googles of the world. We can't afford to absorb a bad hire which means we can't use heuristic interviews.
That leaves us with:
work-with-us trials
spear fishing candidates via public work or referrals
An interview system that satisfies the same constraints better than the dominant system is unlikely to exist. The chief constraints are:
We tried our own hiring experiment a few years ago that's close to what Yegge advocates.[1] Our situation is different than the Googles of the world. We can't afford to absorb a bad hire which means we can't use heuristic interviews.
That leaves us with:
It has some relevant takes in the comments. ↩