an engineer's perspective on hiring
📰 hiring
An underrated software engineering interview question
Have you ever heard of bug squash interviews? If not, then read the article!
weeklyfoo #47 / 2024-08-26hiringcareer
Hiring Great People
Hiring only senior engineers is the worst policy in the startup industry
In the last 3 months, I’ve interviewed 134 engineers - students, mid-level, seniors and even CTOs.
weeklyfoo #105 / 2025-10-06hiringengineering
How to Hire
Most companies hire the same way. They look for people who’ve already proven themselves elsewhere. They compete for the same small pool of established talent. This seems logical, but there’s a better approach.
weeklyfoo #81 / 2025-04-21hiring
My spiciest take on tech hiring
…is that you only need to administer one technical interview and one non-technical interview (each no more than an hour long).
weeklyfoo #39 / 2024-07-01careerhiring
State of the software engineering jobs market, 2025
tech-interview-handbook
Curated coding interview preparation materials for busy software engineers
weeklyfoo #6 / 2023-11-12hiringinterview
Why aren’t you a good fit?
Asking candidates why we should NOT hire them has turned out to be a remarkable filter.
weeklyfoo #103 / 2025-09-22interviewhiring