/Hiring

New Evidence of Age Bias in Hiring, and a Push to Fight It

- Patricia Cohen tl;dr: There is more evidence that companies discriminate against hiring older people, creating more litigation and research into the issue.

featured in #145


Working Together When We’re Not Together

- Ruth Reader tl;dr: Distributed teams perform as well as in-person teams. However, there are issues in building connections and syncing schedules. Three recommendations - forge connections, spend time getting to know each other & set scheduling boundaries.

featured in #136


How NOT To Hire A Software Engineer

- Nikita Prokopov tl;dr: Common mistakes include not giving interviewees enough time to solve problems, judging if a problem is solved but not the method it was solved by, not assessing how mistakes are handled, conducting multiple shorter interviews, whiteboarding and not tailoring to the interviewee's background.

featured in #135