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After gathering extensive information about a candidate, it’s time to make a hiring decision. This chapter reviews the goal of hiring and then advises when to hire and when specifically not to hire, gives examples of some difficult decisions and their outcomes, and describes a number of common problems and pitfalls.
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- Confirmation Bias
- Halo Effect
- Hindsight Bias
- Poor Performer
- Design Question
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McCuller, P. (2012). Hiring Decisions. In: How to Recruit and Hire Great Software Engineers. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4918-4_8
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