New Startup Trying To Hire Humans

I would say the following based on my hiring experience when I was running my company:

• Go deep into projects that the candidates have worked on, talk about the alternatives considered for design decisions, why what and how, give a hypothetical situation based on the project, ask about the next steps to scale and improve. This is to understand their scope in the project, technical understanding they developed and if the trade offs justified the business.
• Give an abstract and ambiguous problem statement and see how they’re able to handle the situation, such as: how do you think CDNs invalidate cache. This helps to see if they can ask the right questions, form requirements, ability to navigate ambiguity and be creative with solutions.
• Give them an algorithmic question (LC Easy) which uses a lot of language fundamentals such as loops, data structures etc. BUT ask them to solve the question in a completely different language that they know nothing of. They are allowed to use google to look up syntax and language specifics. This helps to see how fast they are able to pick up things and if they are able to learn only what’s needed for the job rather than going deep into the tech and taking ages to deliver things.
• lastly you can do LLD and HLD interviews, it does help to see their creativity and structural thinking but these are something that can be mastered by giving 20 or so interviews.

So yeah. These are my 2c.

If you need a human for content or marketing, I'm game. 🌸

What you need is a technical cofounder, not an employee

First shortlist based on their past experiences. Relevant work experiences similar to your requirement should make the shortlist. Then Just interview based on their past experiences, ask what all kind of projects they have worked on, and start asking questions about them. Go step by step deeper into their own work. They should just know what they have done, like in depth, design and implementation-wise.

I'd say, check people out online who showcase their skills(who are visible), you can also find people in your own circle. No formal interview process like it's done in FAANG, but rather how the open source companies hire nowadays. They see previous work, then get on call with the person and have 1-3 interviews for culture fit and rollout offer within a day or 2

What do you do?

You’ll have to interview many to find a good one.

@Ambani If you need a senior recruiter above I can be useful. Let me know.