Well, for one thing, you could ask them what they might do for an Irish Pub. I mean... Geez. I might suck at design, but I at least come up with mental images of dark wood, dartboards, and shamrocks. Also, leprechauns.
So, I guess my advice would be some "what is your first thought on..." questions. Don't necessarily expect their best ideas, but they should be able to come up with something in the "Sane" range. --Ben Ray Champagne wrote: > So, we are going to be in the market for a new Graphic Artist here at our > shop. We really have had a couple of bad experiences with the past two > that we have hired. Sorry to the graphics ppl out there, but our opinion > is that they have a tendency to be very flaky. > > For instance, our current/soon to be jobless designer told us that she > could not develop any WOW! designs (what we call them) for clients until > she got some good information from them. We think that we provide her with > very good information, enough to take the ball and run. When we asked her > to develop a web site for a local high scale Irish Pub/Restaurant, the > design was good, but way off the mark as far as relevance to the > business. When approached about why it was this way, she replied that she > had no idea who the 'target audience' was, and therefore could not complete > the design. And that is not the only thing. She and her predecessor just > had no idea of common sense stuff. She was great at art, but could not > relate to the real world. > > The problem seems to be that they seem great in the interview, but when we > hire them, the ugkly stuff comes out. > > Does anyone have any suggestions for good interview questions so that we > might be able to weed out the flaky artsy type people? Any suggestions > will be helpful! > > Thanks, > > Ray > > ============================================= > Ray Champagne - Senior Application Developer > CrystalVision Web Site Design and Internet Services > 603.433.9559 > www.crystalvision.org > ============================================= > > The information contained in this transmission (including any attached > files) is CONFIDENTIAL and is intended only for the person(s) named > above. If you received this transmission in error, please delete it > from your system and notify us immediately. If you are not an intended > recipient, please note that any use or dissemination of the information > contained in this transmission (including any attached files) and the > copying, printing, or retransmission of that information is strictly > prohibited. You can notify us by return email or by phone at 603.433.9559. > Thank you. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:131714 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
