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Don't ask questions, have a conversation, preferably with quite a few people involved from the team they're applying to. Some conversation starters I have used:
by fredley 10y ago
Don't ask questions, have a conversation, preferably with quite a few people involved from the team they're applying to. Some conversation starters I have used:
* What's the biggest project you've worked on so far?
* What's the worst outage you've had to deal with?
* What do you think about [framework] (vs. [framework])?
An organic conversation with someone on the right topic(s) will give you far more insight into their suitability for a role, and their own personal career goals than any list of questions. Communication is one of the biggest factors when it comes to making a team work well.
- shawn-butler 10y agoThis is a good way to hire a talker and not a doer.
- vonmoltke 10y agoOnly if the conversation is superficial. A well-crafted conversation will highlight a talker pretty easily.
- a-saleh 10y agoThere will be two of us interviewing the candidate :-) I agree that the communication is a big factor. On the other hand, we had few previous candidates whose performance was really poor after we hired them. Stealing the conversation starters. Thanks.