Rrright! "Being good at navigating hiring processes requires a basket of skills that isn’t correlated with job performance. The world is full of people who can speak expertly about programming, but can’t effectively code. The majority of people who can code can’t do it well in an interview. Our hiring process therefore systematically misprices candidates. It’s a moral problem and a market failure. "

Which is why companies should not hire by interview alone.

This post is long. Maybe you’d like to skip forward? Here’s a table of contents.

• The telling success story that motivated me to write this.

• The part where I join the chorus of people telling you why interviews are terrible.

• But at least read this bad thing about interviews, please.

• The warm-up trick.

• The work-sample trick.

• One simple trick that will make your team hate you.

• Grade your hiring process.