Kevin,

You want people who are smart and get things done --
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html

rex

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:39 AM, Brian Leach <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kevin
>
> I remember a long time back working for a consultancy in Oxford we had long
> and ineffective interview processes.
> Then we took on a client that was an institute of personnel directors, and
> found they published some very good materials on how to conduct interviews.
>
> The main lesson was to have a very clear set of goals and criteria drawn up
> and agreed before you go in, and a clear way to assess against that. Sounds
> obvious, but we weren't doing that.
>
> When we did it was much easier to decide whether they had demonstrated that
> they had met those criteria and we could be more analytical especially at
> the first interview stage.
>
> That was more valuable than trying to come up with clever questions.
>
> Technical assessment is a different story. For that, a clear task to perform
> with measurable criteria for correctness.
>
> Brian
>
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