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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Discussing Mistakes in an Interview
Take a look at Success Through Failure. I really liked this: Software development is difficult in the best of conditions. You should always be failing some of the time, and learning from those failures in an honest way. Otherwise, you’re … Continue reading
Put Your Candidate to Work
My Inc./Fast Company column is up: Put Your Candidate to Work. Please leave comments here. When I write columns for a site or magazine, I discuss the areas to write about with the editor. What the editors originally wanted was … Continue reading
More Good Interview Questions
I was reading Good Interview Questions. I was a bit surprised by the first question: State, Strategy, Bridge, and Adapter are all similar patterns. How are they similar, and how are they different? But I suspect I was surprised because … Continue reading
Guest Blogging on Recruiter.com
I’ll be guest blogging on Recruiting.com. I don’t have the magic password yet, so you’ll have to wait until next week to see anything I write. I had a great email and then phone conversation with Jason. I explained I … Continue reading
Make Job Requirements Relevant to the Job
I’ve ranted about certifications before. But I recently encountered another job description with a certification that I just don’t understand. For a Quality Manager (not a Director or VP), the description asked for PMP. (The PMP is the PMI’s certification … Continue reading
Are You Using Shortcuts/Shorthand for Decisions?
I’m having an email conversation with someone who’s trying to hire some developers. He said, “For some reason, I think that developer who is comfortable in Lisp can take on any project, because I do know Lisp, and I feel … Continue reading
Parnas’s Law of Hiring
My colleague, Will, has been attempting to hire developers. He’s a bit frustrated. Take a look at Explaining the tech job market. Will is frustrated with the level of competence he’s seeing in candidates. That prompted him to discover Parnas’s … Continue reading
Hiring Managers, Marketing, and Recruiting
For some unknown-to-me-reason, more and more hiring managers appear to be attempting to do their own recruiting. While I do encourage hiring managers to network and constantly be on the lookout for candidates, especially passive candidates, I can’t see how … Continue reading
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