New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- An Indian startup founder recently shared on X how he hired his company's first developer without any formal technical interview. Kartikey Singh, the entrepreneur, revealed that eight months later, the decision had paid off, with the developer helping the startup generate $60,000 in revenue.

"Just hired my first developer without asking a single DSA question. No formal interview, no 'reverse this binary tree' nonsense. Just said: 'Here's 7 days, paid probation. Build this real client feature. If it's good, you're hired. If not, no hard feelings'," Kartikey Singh wrote.

"He's still with us 8 months later helping scale to $60k revenue. Sometimes the best hiring process is just... letting people prove they can actual...