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Coding is the hallmark of a Silicon Valley engineering interview. Designed to weed people out, we use a multi-hour process that asks all the wrong questions. We shouldn’t need to code in onsite interviews. However, in a sea of resumes, we need some kind of signal to understand how well…

There are some great techniques to improve the quality of candidates in your interview pipeline. Giving them a take home project isn’t one of them. — The instant we got rid of our “take home exercise” at LinkedIn, we saw an increase in the number of qualified candidates engaging in our interview process. We seem to be going against the grain here, as many large companies seem to want a “take home coding exercise” as part…

I love git. It and its other distributed version control systems have changed the way we think and write about code. Not too long ago, we used to commit giant monoliths of code to SVN locations. Complex environments often had to dedicate at least one person to managing branches. It…

Hackdays at LinkedIn are special. People get to try new ideas and technologies. I personally enjoy seeing if I can push people’s buttons and make them think, so I am a sucker for the “most controversial” category we always do. In 2012, UnLinked (github) was lucky enough win one of…