Hi koczyslaw, I'm sorry you were offended by the session. I was in the discussion, and I just wanted to clarify a few points for others:
On Monday, November 14, 2011 6:31:56 PM UTC-5, koczyslaw bydlak wrote: > > Like you guys were sentence to hire people and all other people at your > companies are too stupid to do it, so you have to do it. I'm sorry > that you can't fire them. > I didn't mean to give that impression -- my company is 90% technical folks, so we are all responsible for interviewing and hiring. It also means it is not the main component of most of our jobs (except the 1 HR person). So I merely question sometimes if the process is there because it was well-thought out or merely momentum, and if the latter, can we do it better? That is different than thinking others are stupid. > after somebody said that he does lunch interviews I turned it off. I just > don't understand what > kind of insensitive monster would do that. why? a person (or a thing > that you might hire) might be under a lot of stress. what is the best > way to make him more miserable? why not go for a lunch with someone > who might decide your future? you enjoy eating with strangers when you > are stressed? I don't, you don't care. > I share Cédric's confusion here. No matter what if you are at an interview, you will have to spend time with people who will have a hand in making the hire/no hire decision. I do think that some candidates look forward to an informal lunch because it is a break from the hard programming questions. I think that because I look forward to the informal lunch. Someone even brought up letting the person who recommended the candidate take them to lunch to make them feel more comfortable. (Note: I do not speak for the JavaPosse) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/RBRHQOQriMUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
