10 Essential Steps to Successfully Interview Developers in 2022
A few days ago I was discussing Altar’s resource planning for the year with one of my Founders, André.
The conversation started on a high level. We talked about where we are in our journey to become the category queen in product development for founders.
Then, we went all the way down to the execution, with the number of people we’d have to bring in to meet our growth goals.
Throughout the years, André’s been the one responsible for bringing in the amazing tech people that helped us grow to where we are today.
True, it was made somewhat easier for him because of our open-source presence and the meetups we run here in Lisbon.
That gave us a naturally curated pool of potential hires that makes it easier to find and hire top talented players.
But we also know that the global developer shortage is continuing to add pressure for entrepreneurs and business leaders looking to build a product or augment their tech teams.
So today I’d like to help with that.
As I mentioned above, André has years of experience under his belt building tech teams for both startups and enterprise companies.
He's developed his own structured process to interview developers, from breaking the ice and employing active listening to establishing closeness and advocating for the developer.
It’s the process we’ve used to interview every developer we meet – whether it's for our in-house team or a candidate for one of our clients' dedicated team of developers.
So André has boiled everything down into a 10-step guide so it can help you up your interview game.
I hope it helps.
