Hiring Software Developers

19 chapters. 57 templates inside the book. Built across 20 years of hiring developers at StarLightMedia, Wargaming, Preply, and iDeals. This system works.

You opened the requisition six weeks ago. The hiring manager wants a senior backend engineer who knows Node.js, PostgreSQL, microservices, and AWS. You have no idea which of those words matter most. You've sent 47 profiles, scheduled 12 phone screens, and watched 9 of them fail the tech interview because the candidate "wasn't strong enough on the fundamentals." The hiring manager is annoyed. The CFO is asking why this role costs $30K in agency fees.

Every recruiter friend you talk to says the same thing: "tech hiring is just harder." It isn't harder. It's different. And nobody taught you the difference.

When you don't have the system: You source by typing role titles into LinkedIn. You get 5-10% reply rates. Your phone screens can't filter for tech depth. Your hiring managers tell you "not strong enough" and you don't know what to ask next. Reqs stay open for 90 days. You get blamed.

When you do have the system: You source from a talent map you built in 4 hours. Your reply rates hit 30-50%. Your 20-minute phone screen predicts the tech interview outcome with 78% accuracy. Hiring managers ask for you by name. Reqs close in 18-25 days.

This book is the exact system Mike Pritula has used to hire developers across four companies in three countries - and teaches inside Mike Pritula Academy to 3,000+ tech recruiters.

Here's what you'll learn:

• The Job-Description Reality Filter - read any JD in 5 minutes; sort must-have from boilerplate

• The 47 Boolean Patterns - copy-paste queries that find senior engineers

• The GitHub Profile Quality Checklist - score any developer profile in 5 minutes

• The 20-Minute Phone Screen - predicts tech-interview outcome with 78% accuracy

• The Developer Salary Calibration Tool - set bands across any geography

• The Counter-Offer Math Worksheet - close candidates against current employers

• The Offer Letter Checklist - every field, every banned phrase

• The 30-Day Sprint Calendar - day-by-day plan from kickoff to hire

57 ready-to-use templates - all inside the book:

The Tech Recruiting Skills Self-Assessment. The Hiring Manager Kickoff Question Set. The Engineering Talent Map. The Competitor Layoff Tracker. The Google X-Ray Query Library. The Sourcing Tool Stack Selector. The Frontend / Backend / Mobile / DevOps Phone-Screen Question Sets. The Full-Stack Authenticity Test. The Technical Interview Brief. The 3-Signal Pass/Fail Rubric. The Equity Package Decoder. The Closing Script for Hesitant Candidates. The Daily Sourcing Quota Tracker.

No email walls. No resource pages. No broken download links. Every template is on the page.

Compare: "Who" by Geoff Smart costs $9.99 on Kindle but covers generalist hiring. "Recruit Rockstars" by Jeff Hyman covers sales-leader hiring. Tech-recruiting consultants charge $300-500/hour. A live tech-recruiting workshop costs $1,500-$3,000. This book costs less than dinner.

Every framework tested across StarLightMedia, Wargaming, Preply, and iDeals. Every template refined through 6 cohorts and 3,000+ tech-recruiter students.

Stop sourcing for unicorns. Start hiring developers.