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Sounds great if you're still able to find as many engineers as your need. But #1 essentially says, "we don't hire people who are shy or socially awkward," which
by prophetjohn 14y ago
Sounds great if you're still able to find as many engineers as your need. But #1 essentially says, "we don't hire people who are shy or socially awkward," which seems to me like it would be screwing the pooch for most companies looking for talented engineers. I'm also highly interested to see how that strategy scales.
- j_baker 14y agoI don't think that's necessarily true. I can think of a number of socially awkward, shy people I'd enjoy spending a Sunday with. I can also think of a (probably larger) group of gregarious, outgoing people persons who I'd rather not work with at all. I think the biggest problem with the Sunday test is that there seems to be little accounting for the fact that you can't (neè shouldn't) expect everyone to get along all the time. Sure, I want to work with someone I get along with. But I also want someone who's willing to be difficult to get along with when I'm about to drive the car off a cliff.
- prophetjohn 14y agoThat may be true and maybe I'm taking a biased point-of-view as someone who is shy/socially awkward, but I'm pretty sure that people who fit that description are going to have a hard time distinguishing themselves in an interview as someone who is going to draw a crowd on a Sunday. Unless the kind of folks you like to hang out with on a Sunday are the kind who are quiet, keep to themselves and can help you debug your code. But if that's the case, then you're just looking for good engineers who aren't jerks. That's not how I read #1.