Re:Microsoft changed how it interviews software developers
by em-bee on Monday December 31, 2018 @10:37AM
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i am right now preparing to fill two positions, and i am looking to interview at least half a dozen people maybe more. due to my schedule i can't really interview more than one per day, so this is going to take a week or two.
i do want the opinions of the people already on my team, because a big part of the interview process is to find out how well they work together. for me hiring is a team decision, not a top down mandate. so yes, all of my software engineers will be doing interviews. there is no way around it.
on the other hand i agree with you. these rounds of interviews should not happen to often. if our team grows, i expect to add two more positions every quarter. (i don't know how realistic this is, but this just to give you an idea of how much interviewing workload i expect.)
i do want the opinions of the people already on my team, because a big part of the interview process is to find out how well they work together. for me hiring is a team decision, not a top down mandate. so yes, all of my software engineers will be doing interviews. there is no way around it.
on the other hand i agree with you. these rounds of interviews should not happen to often. if our team grows, i expect to add two more positions every quarter. (i don't know how realistic this is, but this just to give you an idea of how much interviewing workload i expect.)