Recruitment has always come with labor and time-consuming operations. However, when searching for qualified fintech dev talent, the process becomes even more complicated and may feel endless. Having successfully delivered a number of fintech projects, we’ve put together the top 3 tips that can help you hire a fintech developer who will stay in the role.
1. Find the balance between hard and soft skills
Oftentimes, the first thing employers look for in job candidates is the right technical knowledge and experience. Still, we’ve found that candidates who are aligned with your company values and show genuine enthusiasm to learn do better than the candidates who possess all the hard skills you might look for, but aren’t a cultural fit.
After all, how can it make sense to hire an expert engineer who won’t work well with other people and won’t stick with the company for long? This point is particularly important when it comes to hiring full-time fintech developers.
2. Don’t rely on CV
Those who have a long history of hiring know that in reality, CV may serve as a very rough guide to a candidate’s areas of expertise and claimed work experience. Instead of having long non-technical discussions, analyze potential fintech devs’ resumes while asking them questions like:
- What are your preferred cybersecurity tools?
- What are the advanced concepts of JS?
- Tell us about polymorphism in OOPs
- Let’s discuss star patterns in C programming and so on.
The questions may vary depending on the type of fintech software you want them to create.
3. Test developer’s coding skills before hiring
Technical tests are one of the best ways to screen a programmer’s skills. Pick a task and give the identified candidates a burning deadline to complete it. The best developers, however junior they may be, always go the extra mile to perform the task in the given time.
You may also add live coding to the assessment process. The aim of the exercise is not to get a perfectly constructed piece of code in the shortest amount of time, but rather to gain an understanding of a candidate’s ability to think and communicate in a dynamic, conversational setting.
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