Thomas Ptacek, a popular engineer and commentator, wrote a long post on his own approach to hiring. One point he made about his interviews stuck out to me. After candidates got through a simple phone screen, ‘Those candidates got a study guide, a couple of free books, and an open invitation to proceed with the process whenever they were ready. Those $80 in books candidates received had one of the best ROIs of any investment we made anywhere in the business.’
—On Secretly Terrible Engineers
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