Great roadmap for startups to follow.  Much of the writing about hiring software engineers comes from larger companies, and in my experience don&#x27;t seem like reasonable processes for small companies.<p>Two questions:
1) Do you think the large coding assignment eliminates good candidates?  I&#x27;d be concerned that after one phone interview, good candidates might not be invested enough to spend that kind of time.<p>2) What are your thoughts on behavioral &#x2F; situational interviews?  We&#x27;ve been doing one where we ask deeper questions about the candidate&#x27;s previous roles, what they liked and didn&#x27;t, what they think good vs bad teams and process look like, etc.  Do you think these are valuable, and if so are you doing them during the in-person interview stage?