We hired a dev who failed the coding test. Here's why

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flyingbuilding · 12h ago

Everyone on the panel thought they bombed the algorithm question.

But then we heard them speak: they’d onboarded two interns, led a recovery after a production outage, and wrote internal docs so good the team printed them out.

We hired them.

Sometimes, it's not about solving puzzles. It's about showing impact.

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We hired a dev who failed the coding test. Here's why

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