Hiring Software Engineers: Should Round 1 Be a Behavioral Interview, Coding Challenge, or Take-home Assignment?

With the enormous amount of software engineers who are being hired, building a successful hiring process is extremely important. If the hiring process is too long, you can lose a candidate to another company. If it is too technical, you can end up getting engineers who are strong coding wise, but struggle socially. If you have a very informal process that is focused too heavily on behavioral aspects, you could end up getting a candidate who fits into your company’s culture, but is not a strong contributor.