I have a different process that is I think more efficient:

1. Hire remotely in any country and region of the world 2. Don't even look at the resume 3. Give the candidates a short but difficult unpaid development test 4. Everyone who passes this initial test gets a job to work on a real project 5. Everyone we like from the work on the project continues further to work part or full time.

The most important way to evaluate programmers is through getting to see them programming something.