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Discussion on: Technical Skills Are Great, but Communication and Curiosity Are Better

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Max Antonucci

In our own hiring process recently, our company also looked a lot at how curiosity and communication work with the applicant. This consists of:

  • Ask what recent development articles they've read and what they learned
  • Ask about recent side-projects they did to see if they're exploring new ideas and tech
  • Pair programming on a coding task, focusing less on the solution reached and more on how they work with others to get there
  • Having them talk 1-1 with most of the team to ensure there's no deal-breaking friction

They all boil down to making sure the applicant is curious and communicates well. This structure hasn't let us down so far!