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Managing hiring process in tech-sector

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Recently we used a five stages hiring process to fill two openings for .Net Senior Developers. The process was based on Jeff Atwood’s article " How to hire a programmer " to minimize our time waste on unqualified candidates and find the good fit. The idea was to dedicate our time only to candidates who passed online technical test. We didn’t bother to study the received CVs as recruitment agencies already used to filter applicants to match our job specs (well, maybe just short glance to ensure the candidate claims the relevant experience). Each candidate had to go through five stages listed below: Online technical test (15-30 minutes) – we used Interview Zen where we created the test with three programming questions (SQL, C# collections, JavaScript). Portfolio check - successful candidates had to share some code they wrote (open-source / personal projects, blog posts, etc.) Phone interview (20-30 minutes) – a few programming related questions such as: What is