How big is your company? you're talking about 2 hours of interviews before you get to the take home. Seriously?
My current gig, my boss talked to me for 30 minutes and made me a job offer by the end of the day. This is at a firm with 200,000 employees. I've been there for 4 going on 5 years. I started as a contractor and have decided to make the hop to FTE.
I'd offer the candidate a 30-60 minute interview followed by offer with a mandatory 90 day termination / probation period or a 1099 contract. Ask the senior about the last project they led, talk through challenges and how you faced them, talk to them about politics and how they manage those, talk about a technical problem they faced etc.... Behavioral interview ish ... Engage, talk, gauge experience and if they don't jive, don't hire them.
My current gig, my boss talked to me for 30 minutes and made me a job offer by the end of the day. This is at a firm with 200,000 employees. I've been there for 4 going on 5 years. I started as a contractor and have decided to make the hop to FTE.
I'd offer the candidate a 30-60 minute interview followed by offer with a mandatory 90 day termination / probation period or a 1099 contract. Ask the senior about the last project they led, talk through challenges and how you faced them, talk to them about politics and how they manage those, talk about a technical problem they faced etc.... Behavioral interview ish ... Engage, talk, gauge experience and if they don't jive, don't hire them.