Special Cases¶
The earlier pages covered our standard approach for interviewing engineers: what we’re looking for and how we verify that candidates have it.
But what about the exceptions? Are there cases where we can use a simpler process?
Hiring Friends and Past Colleagues¶
The rule is simple: everyone gets a serious interview. It doesn’t matter who you know or where you’ve worked before. If you want to work here, our engineering team is going to make sure you’re up to our standards.
Good candidates will understand and respect this. In fact, they’ll be suspicious if they don’t get an in-depth interview: it would suggest we’re not careful about who we hire. And good engineers don’t want to—or have to—work for companies that hire carelessly.
Contractors¶
You should approach hiring for contract positions every bit as seriously as you’d approach hiring a full-time engineer.
Even if the contractor will only be working on the product for a few months, we’ll (you’ll) have to deal with the code they create for a long time after they’re gone. And many people who start here as contractors end up joining the organization full-time later on.
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These aren’t actually special cases. We carefully vet anyone we’d consider letting onto our team.