Procrastuckdev
Procrastuckdev

How does one verify the proof of work for candidates who share links of their work ?

We are hiring frontend developers. I'm not a recruiter in my organisation, but was tasked with going through the links the candidate has shared as proof of work (real life published projects). How does one verify that person sharing the links have actually worked on those projects ?

PS: we are hiring remotely

16mo ago
meets_expectations
meets_expectations

You cannot. The Interview is everything. Spend time on interviewing a candidate. DS algo must be the last round. Basic concepts must be the first followed by Basic coding.

UpsetUnicorn
UpsetUnicorn

Well, two things come to mind. First is to share GitHub code and second is to ask them questions on how they built some part of the project and dive deep into it. Ask the why they chose to do x over y. Wouldn't y be better? Etc. This will help you understand both about the candidate's capability and make sure they actually built the project they are claiming to have.

tzr
tzr
Vercel16mo
  1. Search on Google & YouTube with the project titles & some description. If you find a similar looking tutorial/blog, then 🚫
  2. Check how they've committed code on GitHub. If they've uploaded the project by using files upload, then 🚫
tzr
tzr
Vercel16mo

Other than this, follow what @UpsetUnicorn said for the interview

Procrastuckdev
Procrastuckdev

Thanks @UpsetUnicorn @tzr !

Was planning for the deep dive part in upcoming interview. But when we asked to share the GitHub code/repo, the candidate said he cannot share that as he is restricted by his current company

tzr
tzr
Vercel16mo

Wait, are you talking about personal projects or projects the candidates have worked on in their previous org?

Procrastuckdev
Procrastuckdev

The candidate has shared links only of the work that they did under the different companies they had worked for...

Sabre
Sabre
Student16mo

Are you hiring for junior level PMs?

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