A software engineering manager describes how he and a colleague bypassed the Secretary Problem—a mathematical model for optimal hiring—by allowing rejected candidates to reapply after a cooling-off period and offering optional learning support. Working at a Clojure-focused startup in India in 2013–2014, they sought QA testers with programming potential, recognizing that conventional hiring constraints would waste promising applicants.
Article on hiring strategies emphasizes that smart recruitment is critical to business success, offering 13+ practical tactics including pre-interview assignments, team resume reviews, reference callbacks, and mini-project evaluations. It also briefly mentions Elance, a global freelance marketplace for outsourcing work in programming, design, writing, and legal services.