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I like your concise answer. What would you ask candidates in the second and third category in order to be sure that they are qualified for the job, since skills like managing people and projects are not as concrete as writing code? Would you give them an on-site task to work on?

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I'd rely on a referral network, and ask them situational questions.

A bunch of "Given this scenario what would you do?" questions.

Ask them what's important in a progress report to give to clients. How they think about it, ask for other reports.

And people management I think if you find someone that seems empathic they'll probably be good at managing people.

Also ask them questions about how to help with retention etc...

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