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orta
New engineers are often surprised at our hiring practices which are pretty different from industry trends.

So we asked ourselves some questions about the process and talked about the differences.

sawmurai
I think you guys are doing a great job here. Congratulations!
bri3d
The reference check is acting as a very strong signal here. I'd love to know how Artsy hire entry-level (ex. fresh graduate or career-change) engineers as well as engineers from corporate backgrounds, countries, or social groups where this sort of reference checking is prohibited.
aries1980
Fresh graduates also have peers and shareable projects. Thesises, that are not junk.
orta
Yeah, this is the point - a lot of it is about trying to see someone's trajectory. Regardless of what you used to do, people should be able to talk about how great your work is and how far they think you can go.

We've got a post on references coming up actually, and this is a great question to note - thanks!