As part of All Things Open, the annual conference on open source technologies in Raleigh, NC, Technical Director Mark Lavin will be giving a talk on tech hiring.
Are you limiting your technical pool of talent with how you interview? Traditional technical interviews focus on coding challenges, an aggressive approach that falsely seeks out a lone coding rock star. Everyone hates these kinds of competitive interviews and they hurt diversity. In reality, we all work in teams. This talk covers a different approach, one that uses a conversational interview to find the kind of talent that really creates successful teams. We’ll discuss how this approach enabled us at Caktus to have a strong team of developers, 43% coming from non-technical backgrounds, to tackle complex projects that reach millions.
Are you limiting your technical pool of talent with how you interview? Traditional technical interviews focus on coding challenges, an aggressive approach that falsely seeks out a lone coding rock star. Everyone hates these kinds of competitive interviews and they hurt diversity. In reality, we all work in teams. This talk covers a different approach, one that uses a conversational interview to find the kind of talent that really creates successful teams. We’ll discuss how this approach enabled us at Caktus to have a strong team of developers, 43% coming from non-technical backgrounds, to tackle complex projects that reach millions.