Hiring Questions

During an interview, when asking candidates if they have any questions, if they first question they ask is about their salary, is that a negative?Would be an indication that they haven't bought...

Recruiting Hiring Interviews Salary Hire

asked Aug 4 '14 at 13:58

Alvin Smith
14 points

We are looking to hire our first two employees and have no prior experience in recruiting.What are the most important things that we should look for in a candidate?The first would obviously be...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Interviews Hire

asked Aug 6 '14 at 15:42

Dennis Fidler
2 points

Should you ask for college transcripts or a copy of the college degree when hiring software engineers? Wouldn't it be easy to just lie on the resume otherwise and state you have a PhD from Harvard?

Hiring Interviews Education College Engineers

asked Aug 30 '14 at 18:13

Darin Swint
11 points

I want to create a minimum viable product for my startup idea. The concept is fairly complex which will require rails developers who have a lot of experience.The app deals with the financial...

Hiring Developers MVP Freelance Ruby On Rails

asked Jun 5 '15 at 16:28

Angelica Hole
6 points

I'm moving my two-person startup to San Francisco and looking to hire a Rails engineer there.Given how expensive the cost of living is there, what is a decent salary for a full-time, intermediate...

Hiring Salary Developers Engineers Ruby On Rails

asked Jun 12 '15 at 13:55

Robert Cooperman
12 points

For startups, if a potential candidate comes for an interview wearing a suit, is that a flag that they might not be a cultural fit?

Recruiting Culture Hiring Employees Interviews

asked May 30 '14 at 22:45

Ellen Davenport
7 points

Would it be a red flag for investors if we (2 co-founders) have our entire team comprised of part time interns instead of full time employees? We are looking for a sizable seed round (between $1m...

Hiring Part Time Interns Employees Investors

asked May 16 '14 at 17:11

Karen Seals
4 points

What do you think about giving engineers a small software assignment that they complete at home and send over before scheduling an interview. This would really help an employer save both their and...

Hiring Employees Human Resources Engineers Software Engineers

asked May 9 '14 at 16:40

Ruth Mercedes
7 points

What type of code samples should you show to a prospective employer when all your work has been for other companies? I don't currently have any open source contributions that employers can look...

Hiring Employees Employers Engineers

asked May 9 '14 at 14:16

Kevin Sloane
7 points

What are the common overhead costs associated with full time employees?I've heard that if a developer's salary is $100K, he actually costs the company $150K.I can't see where all the expenses would...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Expenses

asked May 3 '14 at 15:12

Jade Livingston
14 points

When hiring software engineers, should you place more weight on the expertise of the specific language or framework you are using, or overall skill and experience.i.e. A great engineer with 10+...

Recruiting Hiring Engineers Software Engineers

asked Apr 18 '14 at 00:12

William Jensen
14 points

With talented people being so hard to find, why do startups still struggle for months trying to hire someone in their city?

Recruiting Hiring Remote

asked Mar 31 '14 at 21:12

Pablo Rosa
19 points

What are the most often occurring things that developers do due to which they don't get hired?

Recruiting Hiring Jobs Engineers

asked Mar 29 '14 at 21:57

Kara Tyler
2 points

I'm a solo founder who wants to hire the first three employees. I decided to wait until my revenues would support hiring three people because just hiring one person would have felt a little awkward...

Solo Entrepreneur Hiring

asked Mar 29 '14 at 02:25

Abe Tang
6 points

I'm hiring a software engineer and have gotten a boat load of resumes. I can easily rule out the obvious ones based on geography (since I can't afford to pay someone to relocate).What are some...

Recruiting Hiring Engineers

asked Mar 28 '14 at 17:29

Rufus Joyce
17 points

How does a self-funded startup with traction hunt for a good CEO who can help grow it to the next level? VC-funded startups have an advantage since it's the VC who actively sends potential...

Recruiting Hiring CEO Startups

asked Mar 22 '14 at 15:44

Edgar Ellison
35 points

Almost everyone complains about recruiters hammering them with calls and emails. If I were to call several startups, before I could finish my sentence after saying the word "recruiter", they'd...

Recruiting Hiring Human Resources

asked Mar 21 '14 at 13:11

Gregory Justice
30 points

What are the worst things that you can do to scare away highly qualified people when they come across your job listings online?Conversely, how do you entice someone to become interested and submit...

Recruiting Hiring Jobs

asked Mar 17 '14 at 21:10

Glen Sepe
10 points

Is it okay for me to ask founders the exact amount of funding they have received when I go for interviews? While I love startups, I feel the risk is significantly higher for startups without...

Funding Hiring Interviews Startups

asked Mar 9 '14 at 15:25

Corey Head
25 points

Almost all tech interviews these days ask for code samples. Would it be okay for me to show them a small snippet (a file or two) of my previous employer's source code?It's nothing that could be...

Hiring Legal Interviews Code

asked Mar 9 '14 at 00:53

Patrick Stone
55 points