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Monthly Archives: October 2004
Knowing What Differentiates Your Top Performers From Everyone Else
Take a look at Boston Red Sox: Backstop Your Business. (Read the PDF or the printer-friendly version.) Here’s my big take-away: You have to know what differentiates your top performers from everyone else — and it’s not a single dimension … Continue reading
Javaranch Review Posted
As far as I know, this is the first review of the book. Take a look at here. I loved the part where Valentin said: During the trip, Johanna will hand out numerous check lists that will help you organize … Continue reading
Negotiating an Offer
I facilitated a roundtable at Boston SPIN last night, and one of the questions that arose was “How do I negotiate salary?”Compensation is not just your salary. This is your opportunity to think about how you make your life. Do … Continue reading
Audition question: How do You Test a Stapler?
Last week, at my PNSQC workshop, we talked about auditions. One of the participants said that when he auditioned testers, he asked each candidate how the candidate would test a stapler. Take a look at Mike Kelly’s answer. Bet you … Continue reading
Rejection Letter Template After the Interview
Dave Liebreich gave me feedback yesterday that I’d forgotten to include a template of a rejection letter (after the interview) in the book. Argh. I’ve started an errata page for this and other potential problems. A rejection letter has only three … Continue reading
Assign Roles for Group/Panel Interviews
At a recent conference session, one participant explained that he assigned roles to people on a group/panel interview. He assigned questioning/listening roles. Here’s a way you could take it one step farther, assinging roles in similar ways to a formal … Continue reading
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