Have you conducted technical interviews and mentored others?

Yes, I regularly conducted technical interviews to assess candidates' knowledge of Go and related technologies. During the interviews, I checked their understanding of the language fundamentals, ability to write clean and efficient code, as well as their skills in solving algorithmic problems. Additionally, I mentored less experienced colleagues, helping them understand Go's features, improve application architecture, and follow best development practices.

An example of a task I might give during an interview:

func Reverse(s string) string {
    runes := []rune(s)
    for i, j := 0, len(runes)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
        runes[i], runes[j] = runes[j], runes[i]
    }
    return string(runes)
}

I asked the candidate to explain why a slice of runes is used instead of bytes, and how the algorithm works.