Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has revealed his unique hiring strategy, ditching traditional interviews for competitive coding contests. He asserts this method superiorly identifies top engineering talent for his elite 30-person team, eliminating HR and ensuring product familiarity. This approach, which has offered lucrative salaries like $1 million, also crowdsources innovative solutions, a practice Durov has employed since 2007.
Skip interviews and let candidates compete: Telegram CEO on hiring engineers
