CED wrote:
Mike,
I received your first off-color flame, and am wondering if you read my email
in its entirety, I by no means would 'pop-quiz' a candidate. If you just
read the questions and are assuming that it was 'SURPRISE!', it explains
alot. But if not, I'd ask you to justify your comments and character
assaults.
-Edward
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Frankly, I think that is an arrogant and fascist interviewing technique.
You only mention informing the candidate about the "test" AFTER the
fact. Putting an already nervous candidate on the "hot seat" with a
surpise 'examine' like they were some kind of a highschool student is
unconscionably irresponsible and most certainly an offensive act and can
easily be interpreted by the candidate as a hostile environment.
Furthermore, I think that the candidate would be completely justified in
just saying goodbye rather than playing your silly little game. IMHO.
You probably already lost the best candidate for the job with your game
playing so you deserve whatever you get as a result.
The bottom line: Do unto others as you would have done onto you...
Having been on both sides of that table many, many times, you have much
to learn about interviewing techniques. Unfortunately, you can not
repair the damage you have already done to the candidates you have
already humiliated with your arrogance and inexperience.
Too bad...
regards, mikesz
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Sorry Edward if I misinterpreted your email and characterized you
incorrectly as a bad guy BUT nowhere in the description of what you said
went down did you say anywhere that you informed the candidate
beforehand of the test requirement, though you did list it as something
that "ought to be done". I perhaps assumed that was an "after the fact"
observation of the failed interview.
My apologies if I misinterpreted your meaning.
Personally, I have done hundreds of interviews over the years and as I
have stated, been on both sides of the table. I am very confident that
you can get a really GOOD feeling and a lot of information from a
candidate by having them go over the details of a recent project that
they have successfully deployed. It is an excellent opportunity to ask
very specific details about their skill level and experience.
kindest regards, mikesz
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