Y Combinator Startup Podcast

#1 - Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram

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May 15, 2017
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INSIGHT

Triplebyte's Approach

  • Triplebyte assesses programming, computer science skills, debugging, and system design.
  • These isolated evaluations provide a comprehensive view of an engineer's abilities.
ADVICE

Avoid Brain Teasers

  • Avoid over-reliance on single, complex interview questions.
  • These "brain teaser" type questions introduce significant noise and offer limited predictive value.
ADVICE

Easy Questions

  • Test candidates with easier programming questions for better predictability.
  • Evaluating how easily they solve simpler problems is more informative than complex ones.
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