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>>jakevo+(OP)
In interviews I've never forced anyone to code, what I do is try to get them to tell me these sorts of war stories - I want to hear how you fixed it, why it was cooly bizarre, and I'm hoping for some enthusiasm when you talk about it.

I couldn't always get people to talk this way, but people who did usually worked out well

>>Taniwh+o18
You are selecting for the kind of person who always like to think about the war stories and brag about them.

>>kccqzy+za8
No, they're selecting for the kind of person who can tell a war story when asked. They're also selecting for the kind of people who had to debug something gnarly enough and different enough that it was memorable.