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Cool and very-very detailed howto (by Steve Yegge) on how to do phone-screening interview for hiring candidates.

(Russian article) Raises a valid question: how do we statistically interpret PERT deviation? Can we use it to estimate confidence level? Author thinks it is too much inaccurate, from pure statistics point of view. Proposes alternative approach (based on 2 point estimations, min & max, and Normal distribution.

Piece of advice from Joel Spolsky on how to do the phone-screening. With concrete examples of topics and questions.