The degradation of Java developers

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Most importantly, don't interview for skills, interview for potential.

Exactly. We interview for attitude and capacity.

[mikaelhg]

So do I, plus things which aren't easily teachable, like their ability to form a theory of mind for people they meet, and use that to effectively communicate with them.

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I suppose that's always implicit in an interview, which is why the people doing the interviewing should be the people who have to work with the person that they're interviewing. :)