Notes on hiring engineers in the age of AI
Opinionated, practitioner-first writing on technical interviews — what AI broke, what still signals, and how to measure judgment instead of recall.
Every candidate already has an AI assistant open in another tab. Banning it doesn't restore signal — it just hides who can actually think. Here's the alternative.
A practical playbook for running technical interviews when the candidate has an AI assistant — what to give them, what to watch, and how to score judgment over output.
A clear-eyed comparison of three technical screening formats — what each one measures, where each one lies to you, and which best predicts on-the-job engineering.
Live technical interviews tax your most expensive people. Async done right keeps the signal and gives your seniors their afternoons back. Here's how to do it without losing fidelity.
Probe runs two AIs in every interview — one the candidate works with, one that silently grades. Here's why that separation produces a more honest, more defensible hiring signal.