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Ask HN: What is a better approach to interviewing?

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It could be adding a feature to a side project, starting something new, or contributing to open source. (Or, we have some stock ideas if people need inspiration.) Rather than asking them to solve a problem they had never heard of before or use a codebase they're not familiar with, I get so much more out of watching them work in their own environment.

Ask HN: What is a better approach to interviewing? | Hacker News Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: What is a better approach to interviewing? 150 points by awalsh128 on Sept 12, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 282 comments I want to make the interview experience better for applicants but have no control over the format or time. There is a lot of criticism of the algo centric approach and I'd like to change that within the confines given to me. gkoberger on Sept 13, 2020 | next [–] I ask everyone to bring their own project to work on! It could be addin

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