I definitely understand the confusion. I loved Erica's answer and agreed with a lot of what she said. I think the details were in the asterisk :D.
I appreciate your perspective that expecting side projects may create a toxic hiring process. I hadn't thought of that before and it's a really good point.
Some of the other questions we sometimes ask are, "Is there technology you'd like to learn more about" and "tell me about the favorite thing you've built - either professionally or personally or in school". Maybe these are better ones to lean on that capture the same information: whether the candidate has a GROWTH mindset and likes what they do.
Thank you for sharing your article and your motivations behind it.
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I definitely understand the confusion. I loved Erica's answer and agreed with a lot of what she said. I think the details were in the asterisk :D.
I appreciate your perspective that expecting side projects may create a toxic hiring process. I hadn't thought of that before and it's a really good point.
Some of the other questions we sometimes ask are, "Is there technology you'd like to learn more about" and "tell me about the favorite thing you've built - either professionally or personally or in school". Maybe these are better ones to lean on that capture the same information: whether the candidate has a GROWTH mindset and likes what they do.
Thank you for sharing your article and your motivations behind it.