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> Are you hiring sales reps or engineers? Why are you asking for an engineer to sell you on their past project(s)? I don't ask them to sell me, I ask them to d
by mbell 8y ago
> Are you hiring sales reps or engineers? Why are you asking for an engineer to sell you on their past project(s)?
I don't ask them to sell me, I ask them to dive into the technical issues they faced and how they solved them. It tells me a lot more about how they will handle similar issues in the future than scribbling DFS on a white-board would.
- warent 8y agoJust to clarify, when you say "how they would handle similar issues" do you mean talking to a hiring manager about a past project during an interview setting? I don't understand what you're calibrating for...
- mbell 8y agoI'm a bit unclear on your question. I'm assuming a technical person with relevant knowledge performs the technical interview, if that is what you mean.
- ricardobeat 8y agoThe interview setting, with someone who might or might not be technically capable, with your job / career / earnings at stake is a very different situation than explaining past projects to a colleague at work.
- Nimitz14 8y agoProgrammers in a company work with other programmers. If they cannot explain some work they've done then they are useless. Or would you hire a programmer who does not speak English?