The software industry's greatest sin: hiring
>> It's a disguised IQ test<p>Funny, an IQ test has one of the best correlations with job performance among all hiring methods; one of the few to do better than random chance.<p>>> Does this person have incredible grit and perseverance? Who cares! Does this person communicate and write well? Who cares! How friendly and amicable is this person? Who cares!<p>I specifically evaluate all of those things and write them up in the report after a technical interview.  I don't know where this person is interviewing, but all of these do matter.<p>But it doesn't matter how friendly you are if you can't also demonstrate problem solving and coding ability.<p>Also, what a disaster these threads always are.  Depressing.