Nick, Travis, and Brandon explore how they've tried to improve at assessing the technical abilities of potential hires during the interview process. They talk take-home tests, pair programming exercises, and Nick shares a technique that has worked better for his teams than either of those.

Notes:

• Yahtzee problem
  • http://codingdojo.org/kata/Yahtzee/
• Trek Glowacki: "Tired: Engineering Interviews; Hired: Engineering Auditions"
  • https://medium.com/@trek/tired-engineering-interviews-hired-engineering-auditions-5f9f00147a57
• Kevin Goldsmith: The right ingredients for your perfect team
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCYxM9z1dEp
• Kevin Goldsmith: Let's build a product development organization (workshop)
  • https://www.slideshare.net/kevingoldsmith/lets-build-a-product-development-organization