Hiring for quality, not years: what we look for at Lexisora

Most job posts say "5+ years of experience". Ours don't. Here's why.

Experience is a noisy signal

We've hired engineers with 10 years of experience who couldn't ship a small feature without supervision. We've hired interns who shipped production features in week three. Years tell you almost nothing about quality.

What we actually look at

1. A piece of work you're proud of. A side project, a fix to an open-source repo, a college project, a hackathon entry. Anything.
2. How you think. A 45-minute paired exercise on a real problem. We're not testing whether you remember leetcode — we're watching how you ask questions.
3. How you communicate. Can you explain a trade-off in two sentences? Can you say "I don't know" when you don't know?
4. How fast you learn. We give a take-home that uses a technology you've never touched, and watch how you approach it.

Why this works

It surfaces self-taught engineers, late-career switchers, and quiet over-performers who don't have the polished resume. They land — and they stay.

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