Casey Muratori: I can always tell a good programmer in an interview
ArticleHow to effectively conduct programming interviews đź”—PublishedOctober 22, 2025AuthorIason P.I’m on X/Twitter at@iparaskevContents# Introduction TL;DR Casey’s Approach Our Take Conclusion Introduction# Are you struggling with hiring good programmers? This guide will help you to reliably understand if a candidate is a competent programmer, inspired by Casey Muratori’s interview. TL;DR# Casey doesn’t like LeetCode style of interviews, instead, he follows a drill-down approach where he Chooses a project the candidate has worked on. Asks questions with the goal of having the candidate teach him about his project. With this approach, he claims he can always understand if someone is a competent programmer, and he has never seen it fail. Casey’s Approach# According to Casey, two…
