Hiring tech leads

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• Thrilled to read this, Bhanu!

  I'll work with Sundeep to create a repository of interviews and populate it with recent history.

  Would love your thoughts on a few things:

  - What do you think of assigning small projects that they work on? These may be paid or not. They may be done independently or collaboratively with us.
  - Is a video recording of the interview (with permission) helpful? I recognize that most people won't go through the full video. But will it give them a feel for the candidate, and plan what to look for?
  - What preparation must an interviewer go through? How can we learn from each other on efficient preparation? A checklist, perhaps?

  Will be glad to hear others' comments too.

• Thanks Anand!

  1. Definitely the way to go. I was hired the same way although I had the benefit of time, not everyone might have it.
  2. That's a good idea, a video with timestamps for specific questions like how we currently do for podcasts will be useful.
  3. Generally I prepare a set of questions beforehand from our workflow and after reviewing their resume. We can have a recommended list of questions for all interviewers derived from the interview repository.

• Encouraging to read, Bhanu. What you ask for is what I would like to bring in, a balance between how much information to capture, make it accessible and structure it. My though is to pick items in this order - existing information made accessible via reporting, put tools in place to have more information available to anyone required via Web App. Reduce the manual hand shakes we go thru today.

• noted Sundeep, do let me know if and how I can help