Great post! Attracting diverse candidates is not easy (and something I have been struggling with before). I'll keep a link to that post!
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Trey Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Woohoo, indeed! Very nice write up and it is really great to be able to > share—though if we ever need to hire another data analyst you'll have to > come up with new tasks and questions, now that you've revealed all the > secrets. ; ) > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Deborah Tankersley > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Woohoo - great job of writing this up, Mikhail! :) >> >> -- >> deb tankersley >> irc: debt >> Product Manager, Discovery >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Mikhail Popov <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Howdy! I'm excited to share an in-depth breakdown of how Discovery hires >>> data scientists, now posted on Wikimedia Blog[1]. It covers how we >>> (responsibly) wrote an inclusive job description to attract diverse >>> candidates, the approach to designing the take-home task, and our approach >>> to technical interview questions. >>> >>> Some of you may already be privy to Discovery's process for hiring me and >>> Chelsy, but I wanted to share this link anyway. I think there are lessons >>> that hiring managers can learn for other technical positions (not just those >>> in DataSci) because parts of the post were motivated by negative >>> interviewing experiences I and others have had when applying for tech jobs. >>> >>> I've gotten positive comments from folks at other organizations who are >>> finding the post informative and useful as they think about their hiring >>> process. I mention this because I'm glad to be working at an organization >>> where sharing knowledge and insights with the outside world is not just >>> allowed, but encouraged. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mikhail >>> >>> [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/02/hiring-data-scientist/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> discovery mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> discovery mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >> > > > _______________________________________________ > discovery mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > -- Guillaume Lederrey Operations Engineer, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation UTC+1 / CET _______________________________________________ discovery mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery
