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alxndr on Jan 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes

Out of curiosity, could tech screenings via phone/skype have helped in avoiding that situation? (Or perhaps they have already not helped?)

dsymonds on Jan 8, 2014 [–]

Yeah, phone screens help a lot. But people can still sound convincing enough on the phone for half an hour without being a good programmer, so that's just another filter layer before an on-site interview.

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