Bug fixes and such don&#x27;t really tell much either though. We do hiring via an assessment, where people need to implement (parts of) an application similar to a real-life thing; involves things like creating a REST &#x2F; JSON api, etc. The trick is we don&#x27;t tell them exactly how to implement it (language, environment, secondary requirements are all left up to the applicant).<p>This really weeds out the candidates; better than fizzbuzz, better than live coding. Of course there&#x27;s a chance that someone copies stuff off the internet, but that&#x27;s what the actual interview(s) are for, just ask some questions about the implementations and the why and such.<p>We&#x27;ve hired people that did it in python, node, ruby, even J2EE. Language doesn&#x27;t matter, it&#x27;s the thought and reasonings behind it that count.