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I'm actually on the other end of this, have had to design a few of those screener questions myself.

They're a pain but they do help with screening out those who can talk the talk but end up being overly confident spaghetti machines.

I know I'm missing out on people who are good but don't have time to prove it to me, but the cost of a bad hire is much more costly than missing out on a good one, and there are so many people to sort through




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