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How to Hire Professional Web Developers

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In an ideal world, Hire Professional Web Developers would be looking for you, not the other way around. Rumors about your company, its culture and benefits, exciting projects, technical challenges, a growth mindset, an active community surrounding your company, and personal connections all contribute to the success of this tactic.However, in the real world, there is fierce competition for top JavaScript developers. Furthermore, most great engineers are content with their current positions and are not actively seeking new ones. You must exert considerable effort in order for them to consider your vacancy.

Creating an Appealing Job Description

To write an effective job description, imagine a new developer on the job as if you've already hired them. Answering the following questions will help you learn more about your job opening:

  • What are the roles and responsibilities?

  • What are the regular, daily tasks?

  • What aspect of the project would they be focusing on the majority of the time?

  • How would they interact with the team?

  • What would make them more content and productive?

You should understand whether you require a front-end, back-end, or full-stack engineer, as well as which technologies are essential and which are optional and quick to learn.We have two types of hires at The Custom Website: remote team and MVP development.MVP development gives us complete control over who we need to strengthen our team. They would be working on a variety of smaller projects rather than for a single client.However, with team extension, the client provides the skeleton of the requirements. We also have a thorough understanding of the project and its internal requirements. To get a better hire, we make recommendations, prioritize technologies, and write the final job description ourselves. Because the person will be working on the client's project for an extended period of time and communicating directly with their in-house team, it is critical to obtain feedback from the client at each stage of the process.

Working with a Staffing Agency

We understand the fundamentals, but given the urgency and length of time required to find qualified candidates, we delegate this task to professional recruiters. They have large candidate databases that can be filtered by technologies and experience to contact potential candidates immediately. They also have extensive experience recruiting, searching for, and cold contacting candidates on LinkedIn and other platforms where software engineers congregate.Terms and fees are frequently very similar. Freelance recruiters are typically less expensive than expert agencies, but they provide fewer relevant candidates. For a vacancy with a three-month probation period and a free replacement if the candidate does not fit, the price is typically 100-150% of the monthly salary.When you work with only one agency, the fees may be lower because they are guaranteed to be paid for their efforts. After providing some relevant CVs, but the position was closed without hiring anyone from them, agencies may charge a fixed cancellation fee.

Hire Professional Web Developers Candidate Screening

When candidates send us their CVs, the first thing we do is see if it is relevant to the position. The technologies listed are important, but they are not the only or most important criterion.We almost completely disregard the "ratings" that people give frameworks and libraries because they are highly subjective. Consider an excellent engineer who gives their knowledge of C++ 5/5 and React 2/5 only because they know all the nuts and bolts of C++ after 12 years of experience with it but has only worked with React for three years and considers this junior-level.

A Demonstration Web Project

Some companies send candidates a test project before inviting them to an interview. It is typically a clear, self-contained task that somehow resembles the day-to-day craft on a real project, requiring about 2-3 hours of effort. The quality of the code, design decisions, and attention to detail may reveal a lot about the person who wrote it. You can see if what they called "done" corresponds to your vision of "done," and if they were too lazy to go a little further than necessary. However, be cautious: people may be tempted to cheat, ask for assistance, or ask someone else to complete the task for them.We don't usually bother candidates with test projects. During the interview, we give a slightly more difficult design or architectural test problem, observe the person's thought process, and ask leading questions as needed. Because writing code is much easier than deep thinking, this provides far more insight than simply code-reviewing the test project.

How To Hire Professional Web Developers

The best way to learn more about a candidate's personality, knowledge, skills, and expertise is through an interview. At the Custom Website, we have one person who evaluates soft skills and another who tests Website development expertise. A tech lead for the project we're hiring for is most likely to be the one conducting the technical portion of the interview.We prefer that other team members listen as well, because they will be working closely with the hired candidate. Their feedback influences our hiring decision.We don't mind saving a candidate's commute time by conducting an interview online, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. The current set of communication and collaboration tools is more than adequate for simulating the experience of a traditional offline conversation. The interview lasts approximately 90 minutes, but we do skip some topics to save time if we are certain that the candidate is unsuitable for the position.



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