ma.tt (Matt Mullenweg's blog)

Automattic's founder explains, in his own words, why they pay candidates to do real work before hiring and largely skip the charm of a normal interview. It is the clearest primary statement of the audition idea our short answer rests on. Read it for the reasoning, then adapt the scale to your budget.

Hiring by Audition, Expanded

From ma.tt (Matt Mullenweg's blog) by Matt Mullenweg Short read

• Charm in an interview barely predicts on-the-job performance.
• Pay candidates to do a slice of the actual work.
• Judge the output of real tasks done in real conditions.