>> I believe the most capable person for any position isn’t necessarily the person with the most amount of experience. Great companies are built by people with drive and intensity, not by people with years of experience doing the same thing.<p>Hiring should be based on soft guidelines, not hard lines of gatekeeping. I'm glad some companies are aware of this.<p>But to state you want people with "drive and intensity" can potentially lead to people with large egos, conflict of goals, and unrealistic expectation of others (which can cause burnout). In worst-case scenarios they get promoted using this "drive" combined with contrived outcomes and over-inflated results. Be prepared for this.<p>I also wonder, when companies post these mandates, if they are looking for 10x workers, because they need a big win, quickly, for cheap.
Wow. Their salary ranges seem low?
Backend Engineer, assuming that is mid level:<p>"The base salary range for this full-time position is between $38,900 USD to $87,500 USD"
> I believe the most capable person for any position isn’t necessarily the person with the most amount of experience.<p>Looking forward to see this applied to Doctors, Engineers, Pilots, Anesthesiologists, Teachers, Surgeons, Architects, Financial Analysts, Air Traffic Controllers, Dentists and Lawyers :-))
Perhaps technical interviews should blind resumes and experience and instead focus on phased filtering to a point of realistic performative tasks close to the work rather than 20 minute mad dashes to solve theoretical puzzles. But if a shop optimizes for leetcode winners, then they're only hurting themselves.