One Interview Question Beats Staff-Level Coding Screens: 'Walk Me Through Your Favorite Project'
teodorio · x · 2026-11-10
teodorio shares that asking every candidate 'tell me about your favorite project end to end' is a great qualitative qualifier. Quoting zekramu: they don't run coding or full system-design interviews for staff+ engineers, because mastery of technical communication becomes obvious within 15 minutes at that level.
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