For everyone else who responded and that I didn't respond personally, thank you so much. I've come to the conclusion that not only have I been lax in testing technical knowledge, Brian is right, I didn't really have a vision for where to slot someone and therefore the interview was a little washed out. Thanks to everyone who has (and will) respond to this. It's most helpful.
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Kevin King <[email protected]> wrote: > Rex, copious thanks. Great information. > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Rex Gozar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > U2-Users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> > > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
