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11 notes tagged hiring in the Engineering practice topic. How engineering teams work: process, estimation, hiring and leadership.
- The Go bet worked, then we tried to double the team
A hindsight report on Dwarves' Go bet: headcount from 2015 to 2024, 43 start dates in four quarters, who stayed past a year, and the hiring rules we changed afterwards.…
- We stopped testing engineers on speed
Dwarves cut the weight of timed algorithm problems in its technical interview from 60% to 15%. The dates, the weights, and the new hour.
- Strategic thinking behind our hiring
Why we're building a complete pipeline from research to delivery - the philosophy behind our role strategy and how it supports our research-first consulting model.
- Vetting proven talents
Guidelines and criteria for vetting high-level engineering talents, especially those leveraging AI.
- Dwarves operations checklists, part 1: the people lifecycle
Operations checklists for hiring, candidate evaluation, onboarding, leave, offboarding, social insurance paperwork and company assets.
- Dwarves operations checklists, part 2: clients, money and projects
Operations checklists for client contracts, billing and invoices, and a project from initialization through communication, backups, handover, case study and archive.
- What to look for when hiring an operations lead
Operations is a very sensitive area of the company, so be very picky. A great ops person can dramatically improve the way your company works and make your life a lot…
- Dwarves email templates, part 1: candidates and new hires
Copy-ready email templates for interview and assignment invitations, rejections, offer letters, and welcoming and onboarding new hires.
- Dwarves email templates, part 2: employees, clients and community
Copy-ready email templates for employees, client holiday notices, resource changes, milestone sign-off and thank-you letters, plus how to keep them in Gmail.
- Hiring approach
Hire people who tell us what to do, not the other way around.