Hiring (work in progress)
You should find the right person for the right position. See: choosing startup or big corps.
An ice breaker followed by “tell me more about you” is a good way of starting it. Ask follow-up questions such as “Of the teams you worked in, which one did you like the most? Why?” and listen.
“Could you share more about the most challenging problem you solved?”
Ask yourself if are they big problems? The candidate created value solving?
The person was responsible to fix it? If was, they will know each detail
How do they make decisions at key transition points?
Open questions such as “what do you think about dry? What do you think about TDD?” followed by “tell me experiences of moments you used”
Look for curiosity
Apply technical tests
define and communicate what to expect from a jr/full/sr
ask “what you did not have the opportunity to say?”
Ask if they are collaborative and ask for moments of collaboration.
Ask to rank their soft skills from the strongest to weakest and have yourself a reference of soft skill rank. The candidate's values should not the same as the company's, but a few of them should match and they can not be conflicting.
