Question
I'm looking for a developer who can develop for mobile, iOS, I found some on odesk that look impressive and I would like to hire them. Still, I'm not a developer and I'm trying to avoid dealing with someone who isn't as good. Is there a test/s that's recommended I can ask from a developer to see how good they are, or any questions that might help me know if they're good?
Answer
You've received good advice. I'd just add one thing. We recently interviewed dozens of developers. After narrowing it down to a handful of individuals that had personalities and resumes we liked, we paid a developer friend of ours a few hundred bucks to interview the developers and thoroughly vet them from a technical standpoint. It was well worth the money to have someone more technically skilled than us contribute to our due diligence on the candidates.
