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Re:Ask HN: Ways of interviewing you found to be predictive o... by brodouevencode on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:31PM (#31032138)
RE the last point: if the candidate mentions side projects, I'll typically probe there. It shows me they have a genuine curiosity and probably a motor. Anyone with a motor and is a good cultural fit will succeed quickly.
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Re:Ask HN: Ways of interviewing you found to be predictive o... by warrenm on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:31AM (#31040697)
Side projects may show curiosity ... but I definitely don't gate-keep if you don't have any side projects

Side projects outside their "lane" are far more interesting to me (eg you're a Rust developer and on the side breed cornish game hens, for example) - demonstrating that you're "an and"[0] shows you can draw from multiple fields to find solutions

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[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30855775

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Re:Ask HN: Ways of interviewing you found to be predictive o... by brodouevencode on Friday April 15, 2022 @10:38AM (#31040762)
Fair point, but it is a good indicator.
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