Tales from the WhiteboardRecruiting, Interviewing, and Hiring

Who’s this guy?

@tobym

First engineer hired at Tapad

Company recently acquired, still growing

Most importantly – have done lots of recruiting, interviewing, and hiring!

Do the basics

No illegal questions

In the beginning

Sell the team and the dream!

Essential to get it right and hire self-motivated people.

Those Awkward Years

Recruiting is a long road

Perfect Candidate

Senior Developers

WOW

GROW

PAY

WAIT

What makes a good interview question/process?

Clear, repeatable, respectful process

Speed

Remove bias

Remove jitters

Evaluation

Problem-solving process

Communication

Depth and detail

Personality traits

Humble

Intelligent

Clear communication

Principles, but not a zealot

Initiative

Observations

Recursion

Spacing

Cleverness

“Collaborative problem solving rings”

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